National Historic Landmark · courthouse · Atlanta, Georgia

U.s. Post Office and Courthouse

United States historic place in Atlanta, Georgia. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1974Renaissance Revival architectureJames Knox Taylor
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What it is

Wikipedia · Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building

The Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building, also known as U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic Renaissance Revival style courthouse located in the Fairlie-Poplar district of Downtown Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia. It is the courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address76 Forsyth St., Atlanta, GA
CountyFulton County
ListedMay 2, 1974
Reference number74000681
ArchitectJames Knox Taylor
Type of placecourthouse
StyleRenaissance Revival architecture
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address76 Forsyth St., Atlanta, GA
Coordinates33.68431, -84.39234 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitMartin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park · 5 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPayne Campground-Allatoona Lake 32 mi · Galt'S Ferry Day Use Area (Ga) 34 mi · Victoria Campground 35 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74000681. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.