- City:
- Columbia, TN
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, Federal Courthouses, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designers:
- Louis A Simon - Architect, William Dewey Foster
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Originally constructed as the United States Post Office and Courthouse, the historic Federal Building in Columbia, Tennessee was constructed with Treasury Department funds. The building houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork.
Source notes
https://www.postofficefans.com/former-columbia-tennessee-post-office-and-court-house/ Van West, Carroll. (2001). Tennessee's New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. Additional information and photos contributed by Susan Allen.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 13, 2015.
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