ADDRESS: 121 1st Ave. South, Lewisburg, Tennessee 37091
ARTIST: John H. R. Pickett
TITLE: Coming Round the Mountain
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The former Lewisburg building is no longer a post office. The mural was moved to the newer facility where it is on display in the lobby.
YEAR: 1938
For mural information please see our article on the current Lewisburg, Tennessee Post Office.
Yesterday, I featured the active newer Lewisburg post office. Today I feature what I believe to be the original post office building. At the time of my visit I had no way of identifying it or confirming that this was indeed the original building. One goal of this site is to highlight the old as well as the new post office buildings.
However, after driving around the old downtown section it was pretty clear the building type could indeed have been a post office. The style and architecture screamed at me OLD post office but I need your help. Is this indeed the old post office building. The corner-stone only shows a date. Most often there would have been more written or inscribed on the corner-stone.
What do you think? Is this the original building. Any history buffs or local historians care to comment on this building?
Thanks,
David W. Gates Jr.
Sources
- Personal visit on 4/01/2013 by David W. Gates Jr.
- Tennessee Post Office Murals by David W. Gates Jr.
- Tennessee Post Office Mural Guidebook
by David W. Gates Jr.
- Going Postal Marketplace: https://gone-postal-marketplace.business.site/
- Loopnet (http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15420611/121-First-Avenue-South-Lewisburg-TN/)
- LoopNet (121 1st Ave S, Lewisburg, TN 37091 – Former Lewisburg Post Office | LoopNet)
by David W. Gates Jr.
So I was just playing around and found the sales page (http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15420611/121-First-Avenue-South-Lewisburg-TN/) for when this one was for sale. I guess this helps to identify the building and confirm the address.
I am from NJ. Moved to Lewisburg TN for a short time. I visited this building and the owner gave me a tour with a brief history. Indeed it is an old Post Office. A beautiful building and would make one wonderful building for a formal restaurant in Lewisburg. Good Luck and best wishes to the new owner…
Ellie