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    Post Office (former) – Lexington TN

    Date added: December 7, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017

    This former Lexington Tennessee Post Office was built by the Treasury Department in 1937. It now houses the Beech River Heritage Museum and still contains a New Deal mural “The Progress of Power.”

    "The Progress of Power"

    Beech River Heritage Museum (Old Post Office) Mural – Lexington TN

    Date added: June 20, 2014; Modified: December 7, 2015

    This oil-on-canvas mural by Grace Greenwood, entitled “The Progress of Power,” was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and completed in 1940. It is housed in the Beech River Heritage Museum, which is the former post office.