{"nrhp_refnum":"89001163","name":"US Post Office-Statesboro","other_names":["Statesboro Post Office","Statesboro City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26 S. Main St./US 301","address_restricted":false,"city":"Statesboro","county":"Bulloch County","state":"GA","lat":32.44776503500003,"lon":-81.78305145699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former United States Post Office, a painted brick Colonial Revival building at the corner of South Main and Vine Streets in downtown Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, built in 1917-1918 under the U.S. Treasury Department.","why_significant":"The building is Statesboro's only surviving historic postal building and reflects the role postal service played in linking the growing town to the wider world. It is also the largest and most prominent Colonial Revival building in the city, marking a break from local Victorian traditions. It was built under the 1913 Public Buildings Act.","narrative":"Built in 1917-1918, this brick building at South Main and Vine Streets in downtown Statesboro served as the town's post office before the city purchased it in 1964 for municipal offices. It still serves as city hall. Designed under the U.S. Treasury Department following the 1913 Public Buildings Act, it shows the Colonial Revival influence then favored for federal buildings: a symmetrical facade, a central portico with pediment and fanlight, Doric columns, pilasters, festoons, a roofline balustrade, and Palladian windows. The nomination calls it the largest and most prominent Colonial Revival building in Statesboro, a clear departure from the town's Victorian architecture. It is also the city's only surviving historic postal building, representing how mail brought news and ideas to a growing small town before telephones, radio and television. Later changes include painted walls, added shutters, a ramp, a drive-through window and mostly new interior partitions, yet the exterior design remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1917-1938","architect_builder":"U. S. Treasury Department","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as Statesboro City Hall; the city bought it in 1964, and the interior was extensively altered for municipal use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.413213-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/89001163.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001163/04d6499040-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001163/04d6499040-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office,_Statesboro,_GA,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office,_Statesboro,_GA,_US.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93205892","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134134979"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/bulloch-county/us-post-office-statesboro-89001163/"}