US Post Office-Rossville Main

US Post Office--Rossville Main
Location 301 Chickamauga Ave., Rossville, Georgia
Coordinates 34°58′59″N 85°17′11″W / 34.98306°N 85.28639°W / 34.98306; -85.28639Coordinates: 34°58′59″N 85°17′11″W / 34.98306°N 85.28639°W / 34.98306; -85.28639
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1931
Built by James C. Miller
Architect L.C. Guess, James Wetmore
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference # 86002272[1]
Added to NRHP August 6, 1986

US Post Office-Rossville Main, also known as Rossville Post Office, is a post office built in 1931 in Rossville, Georgia.[1] It is a brick, two-story building with Georgian Revival style, with a tetrastyle pedimented portico. An eagle emblem is inset to the transom over the double front doors within the portico. It has tall 12 over 12 windows and a tile, mansard roof interrupted by dormer windows.[2]

The original post office in Rossville was in the John Ross House, preserved on the National Register and located just behind this post office. John Ross was a leader of the Cherokee Indians.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Ethel N. Haves (November 27, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rossville Post Office / Main Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved February 1, 2017. with six photos from 1982


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