Date added: June 17, 2019; Modified: August 8, 2023
The Federal Building in Clarksville, Tennessee—originally constructed as a post office, was constructed during the Great Depression with Treasury Department funds. The design of the United States Post Office for Clarksville was released April 19, 1935, to be located on… read more
Date added: August 3, 2023; Modified: August 3, 2023
The historic former post office building in Erwin, Tennessee was constructed with Treasury Department funds. Located just down the road from the post office that replaced it, the building’s cornerstone dates the New Deal post office to 1936. The building… read more
Date added: December 27, 2014; Modified: July 26, 2023
This New Deal post office is a one-story brick Colonial Revival building, rectangular in shape, on raised basement. Limestone pilasters with Doric capitals surround windows and door in center of facade. Interior of the building is largely intact, including original… read more
Date added: September 13, 2015; Modified: July 26, 2023
Nashville’s former main post office was built in 1933-34 by the Treasury Department’s Office of Construction (later the Office of Procurement). The enormous structure, filling a city block, was constructed in a record 18 months. The design by architects Marr… read more
Date added: October 31, 2022; Modified: November 3, 2022
The Treasury Department funded the construction of the New Deal-era Sevierville post office in Sevierville, TN. The post office has since relocated, and the early-’40s building currently serves as the Sevier County Heritage Museum.
Date added: August 26, 2013; Modified: May 16, 2022
This New Deal Post Office in Jefferson City was built with Treasury Department funds in 1939.
Date added: September 17, 2015; Modified: May 30, 2021
The historic former post office in La Follette was constructed ca. 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Dahlov Ipcar’s 1939 mural, “On the Shores of the Lake,” painted with funds provided by… read more
Date added: June 17, 2019
The Lawrenceburg post office was completed in 1935 with Louis A. Simon as supervising architect and John W. Wolcott Jr. as architect. The original building is a “symmetrical five-by brick building” and has been extended with an addition that is… read more
Date added: June 14, 2019
The one-story brick Colonial Revival building has four original 32-light display windows, original paired eight-light wood and glass doors, with wooden surround and broken pediment over the door . The building has a brick parapet, stone cornice with ornamentation, and… read more
Date added: September 21, 2015; Modified: August 17, 2017
Originally built as the Crossville, TN post office in 1937. It is now used as a private business. A mural originally painted for this post office has been relocated to the current post office on Old Jamestown Hwy.
Date added: October 30, 2015; Modified: August 17, 2017
This building was constructed by the U.S. Treasury as the Lewisburg TN post office building in 1935. The post office has since moved to a new location, along with the New Deal mural was originally installed here.
Date added: December 7, 2015; Modified: June 14, 2017
The historic post office in Livingston, TN, was constructed in 1936 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.
Date added: April 13, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
Originally constructed as the United States Post Office and Courthouse, the historic Federal Building in Columbia, Tennessee was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork.
Date added: November 23, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The former Greenville Tennessee post office and courthouse at 101 W Summer St. was built in 1904. In 1939, William Zorach installed two wooden carved reliefs depicting “The Resources of Nature” and “Man Power.” The carvings were funded by the… read more
Date added: December 22, 2014; Modified: April 11, 2017
A Classical Modern building, using brick, stone, and aluminum was constructed in 1936 to serve as the post office for Sparta. The building is currently home to the local newspaper, the Sparta Expositor.