National Register of Historic Places
United States Post Office and Court House
Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia
The record
- Listed
- June 15, 2018
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 100 N Franklin St., Dublin
- County
- Laurens
- State
- Georgia
- Coordinates
- 32.54043, -82.90310
- Reference number
- 100002569
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The story
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The United States Post Office and Court House is a Neo-Classical Revival building at 100 N Franklin St. in Dublin, Laurens County, built in 1937. James Knox Taylor and Louis A. Simon are named as architects, and Worsham Brothers as builder.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2018 under criteria A and C, with local significance in architecture and in politics and government. Its period of significance is 1937, the year it was completed.
Physical character
Its walls are brick, granite and marble on a granite foundation, with a copper roof and a classical portico of Corinthian columns. Inside, terrazzo floors are bordered in marble, and the courtroom keeps oak wainscoting and a plaster ceiling with a Greek key motif. A 2001-2003 rehabilitation added courtroom stained glass, replaced the original cork floor with acoustical panels, and added a loading dock and sally port; the entry had been infilled and clad in stucco during the 1960s.
Historical context
Laurens County received Dublin's earlier 1912 federal building in 1935, and this post office and courthouse was completed in 1937. In 1997 Congress renamed it for former U.S. Representative J. Roy Rowland, and President Bill Clinton signed the measure into law.