- City:
- Lexington, TN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
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.”
Source notes
Personal visit on 3/30/2013 and 12/23/2014 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 Tennessee Post Office Murals: Howard Hull Beech River Heritage MuseumSite originally submitted by Post Office Fans on December 7, 2015.
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