{"nrhp_refnum":"83000185","name":"U.S. Post Office","other_names":["Old Carrollton Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"402 Newnan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carrollton","county":"Carroll County","state":"GA","lat":33.58001820800007,"lon":-85.07254227999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Georgian Revival brick post office built in 1914 at 402 Newnan Street in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, facing the county courthouse just east of downtown. J.M. Geary represented the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury Department on the design.","why_significant":"The building is an excellent and the only local example of an early twentieth century Georgian Revival federal building. It also reflects the modern, efficient postal facilities of the period, with a rear loading vestibule, organized service windows and worker amenities. It is tied to Congressman William Charles Adamson, who helped Carrollton obtain it.","narrative":"Built in 1914, this red brick post office faces the Carroll County Courthouse on a corner lot just east of downtown Carrollton. The one-story Georgian Revival building has a stone-faced raised basement, brick pilasters dividing seven front bays, large twelve-over-twelve windows, and a stone entrance topped by a sculpted eagle. Inside, the lobby keeps its terrazzo floor, marble baseboard and wood wainscoting, while the mezzanine includes an Inspector's Lookout network of passages used to watch the work floor. The design came under the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect, with J.M. Geary as on-site representative. It is considered significant as the town's only building of this type and as an example of modern mail-handling facilities, with a rear loading vestibule and comfortable worker facilities. It is also linked to Congressman William Charles Adamson, who helped bring the post office to Carrollton. Since 1967 it has housed the county school board offices.","period_of_significance":"1914","architect_builder":"J.M. Geary, \"Representing the Supervising Architect\" (of the U.S. Treasury Department); James Devault, Canton, Ohio, contractor","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Converted in 1967 to use by the Carroll County Board of Education; occupied, with interior office partitions added but many original features retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.892109-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/83000185.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000185/70009da21d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83000185/70009da21d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrollton_U.S._Post_Office.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrollton_U.S._Post_Office.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000378","name":"Carrollton Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/carrollton-downtown-historic-district-07000378/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207241","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134135843"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/carroll-county/u-s-post-office-83000185/"}