Post Office (former) – Corbin KY

City:
Corbin, KY

Site Type:
Post Offices, Federal Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department

Completed:
1938

Designers:
Louis A. Simon, Neal A. Melick

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Treasury Department funded the construction of the former Post office in Corbin, KY. The structure was built on East Center Street (now Roy Kidd Avenue). Today, the former Post Office serves as the Corbin Independent School District Building.

The building is located at the northwest corner of Roy Kidd Avenue (formerly East Center Street) and North Depot Street. The building is a flat lot overlooking a sloping road that runs from Main (US 25) eastward to go under the railroad.

Source notes

Site Visit 13 March 2018.

Site originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on April 21, 2019.

Location Info


108 Roy Kidd Avenue
Corbin, KY 40701

Coordinates: 36.949722, -84.096251

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