United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgia

The United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgia on Tippins Street in Baxley in Appling County, Georgia is a Colonial Revival-style post office built in 1935–1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

United States Post Office--Baxley, Georgia
Location124 Tippins St., Baxley, Georgia
Coordinates31°46′41″N 82°21′0″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1935-1936
ArchitectLouis A. Simon; et.al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.00000755[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 2000

It is a small one-story post office which is "similar in size, scale, materials, and architectural style to many of the other approximately sixty-five post offices built in Georgia" during the 1930s. It is one of the "vast majority of post offices built in Georgia during this period [which] were designed in the Colonial Revival style."[2]

It is now used for the magistrate court.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Steven H. Moffson (May 31, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgia". National Park Service. Retrieved August 30, 2017. With 20 photos.


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