- City:
- Sevierville, TN
- Site Type:
- Museums, Education and Health, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations
- Started:
- 1940
- Contractor:
- Hurley Construction; Crane Co. (plumbing)
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Treasury Department funded the construction of the New Deal-era Sevierville post office in Sevierville, TN. The post office has since relocated, and the early-’40s building currently serves as the Sevier County Heritage Museum.
Source notes
Photographs by Brandon Ray Kirk of West Virginia June 2022 (submitted with permission to use)
"First District to Get Post Offices," The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) · 26 Feb 1939, Page 8
"Begin on P.O. In April," The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) · 17 Mar 1940, Sun · Page 7
"Asks $1727 in Suit," The Knoxville Journal (Knoxville, Tennessee) · 3 Mar 1942, Tue · Page 14
Site originally submitted by Ernest Everett Blevins on October 31, 2022.
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