Post Office Mural - McKenzie TN

City:: McKenzie, TN
Site Type:: Art Works, Murals
New Deal Agencies:: Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
Completed:: 1938
Artist:: Karl Oberteuffer
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

This mural, “Early U.S. Post Village”, painted by Karl Oberteuffer under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, was completed in 1938. It was transferred to the new McKenzie post office building in 1988.

Upon its installation, Oberteuffer wrote an acquaintance, “There were many who saw the mural, and all seemed to be pleased with it. All comments seemed to be favorable and the postmaster was obviously proud of it.” (Tennessee Post Office Murals, p. 109)

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Howard Hull, Tennessee Post Office Murals: https://books.google.com/books?id=PdwlpAFp-4cC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=early+us+post+village+mckenzie&source=bl&ots=EZ5WKrF7Fh&sig=bGXNGL0iUa5bE5XjY5itF-Aywvk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kjhtVLaMH-OrjALp5YDgDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=early%20us%20post%20village%20mckenzie&f=false, accessed November 19, 2014.

Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on November 19, 2014.
Additional contributions by Tom Parker.