- City:
- Manchester, TN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This New Deal post office was constructed by the US Treasury Department in 1940. The post office eventually moved to a larger facility at . This building is still standing, though it’s current use is unknown to the Living New Deal.
The New Deal mural that was originally painted for this post office now hangs in the new post office.
Source notes
Personal visit on 4/01/2013 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 Living New Deal Tennessee Post Office Murals: Howard HullSite originally submitted by Post Office Fans on December 19, 2015.
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