- City:
- La Follette, TN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
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
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Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 17, 2015.
Additional contributions by Ernest Everett Blevins, MFA, May 20, 2019.
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