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Post Office (former) – La Follette TN

La Follette TN Former Post Office

La Follette TN Former Post Office

Photo: Post Office Fans © All Rights Reserved 9/6/2014

La Follette TN Former Post Office

La Follette TN Former Post Office

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department
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Description

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 the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Source notes

Cornerstone

Personal visit on 9/06/2014 by David, Post Office Fans

Tennessee Post Office Mural Guidebook, Tennessee Post Office Murals (www.postofficefans.com)

Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz

Save The Post Office

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 17, 2015.
Additional contributions by Ernest Everett Blevins, MFA, May 20, 2019.

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Location Info

119 South Tennessee Ave.
La Follette, TN 37766

Coordinates: 36.380293, -84.121834

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