Post Office Mural – Camden TN

City:
Camden, TN

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Completed:
1938

Artist:
John H. Fyfe

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Camden post office contains a 1938 Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural by John H. Fyfe entitled “Mail Delivery to Tranquility – The first post office in Benton County.”

Source notes

Personal visit on 3/31/2013 by David, Post Office Fans
Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook, Wisconsin Post Office Murals (www.postofficefans.com)
(affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
(affiliate link): Tennessee Post Office Murals: Howard Hull

Site originally submitted by Post Office Fans on September 15, 2015.
Additional contributions by Tom Parker.

Location Info


81 N Forrest Ave
Camden, TN 38320

Coordinates: 36.0585108, -88.0976175

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