United States Post Office, Federal Annex - Atlanta, GA
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The United States Post Office is now the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building, located at 77 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA.
Waymark Code: WM9CD2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member scrambler390
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The United States Post Office is now the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building, located at 77 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, GA.

"The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building, located at 77 Forsyth Street SW, was built and "designed and constructed to accommodate the rapidly expanding volume of the Postal Service, which was then oriented around a single, central processing facility."

"Originally the main U.S. Post Office for Atlanta, the building was constructed in 1933 as part of a Depression-era public works program and in 1988, became the first in the nation to be named in honor of the late civil rights leader. Since 1981, the building has been under the management of the General Services Administration (GSA), which oversaw its expansion from five to seven stories totaling 377,000 sq.ft. by creating interior mezzanine floors. Upon completion of a rehabilitation led by the Atlanta office of Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LAS), it will house the GSA’s Southeastern headquarters."

Source: Traditional Building - Civil Service
Street address:
77 Forsyth Street SW
Atlanta, GA USA
30303


County / Borough / Parish: Fulton

Year listed: 2006

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974

Historic function: Government Office, Post Office

Current function: Government Office

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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