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Floyd County Administration Building

Introduction

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The Floyd County Administration Building, formerly the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was designed in the Second Renaissance Revival style of architecture and dedicated in 1896. The building was enlarged three more times through 1941. Notable features include terra cotta panels below the first-floor windows; arched windows on the second floor, some of which are grouped in sets of three or four and framed by Corinthian columns and a decorative pattern; arched entrances with Ionic columns; and "portholes" along the top of the building.

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The Floyd County Administration Building was first built in 1896. It operated as a federal courthouse and post office until 1975.

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Backstory and Context

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Originally called the Federal Building and Post Office, the Floyd County Administration Building was the city's first government-owned public building. In addition to its architecture, the building also significant in that it symbolized the federal government's presence in Rome for several decades. The post office appears to have occupied at least most of the first floor. The courtroom was on the second floor and the ceiling went all the way to the top of the building. The federal government vacated the building in 1975 and it was purchased by the Floyd County Board of Commissioners. At that time it was renamed the Floyd County Administration Building and was also added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Sources

Macgregor, Elizabeth Z. "Post Office and Courthouse." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. May 6, 1975. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/75000592_text.

Scott, Robin L. Rome Georgia in Vintage Postcards. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing, 2001.

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Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Floyd_County_Administration_Building,_Rome_GA_June_2018.jpg

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