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Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office and Courthouse

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Chattanooga TN Post Office 37402
Chattanooga TN Post Office 37402

ADDRESS: 910 Georgia Ave., Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37402
ARTIST: Leopold Scholz
TITLE: The Mail Carrier
MEDIUM: Silver plated bronze (sculpture)
STATUS: The bronze sculpture resides in the lobby near the staircase and can be viewed by interested members of the public during business hours.
YEAR: 1938

ARTIST: Hilton Leech
TITLE: Allegory of Chattanooga
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
Status: The mural resides in a courtroom and is not easily accessible to the public.
YEAR: 1938

I may need your assistance with this one. The name of the artists from any of my sources mentions Leopold Scholz as the artists. However, I personally visited and took all the images you see below. What or who is the name Herodotus is engraved below the mail carriers motto. Are you more familiar with this than me? What do you make of the engraved name on the bronze?

Please comment and share below.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Cornerstone
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Cornerstone
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture
Chattanooga Tennessee Post Office 37402 Sculpture

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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Former (Former) Clarksville Tennessee Post Office

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Former Clarksville TN Post Office 37040
Former Clarksville TN Post Office 37040

ADDRESS: 200 S. Second Street, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040

My research reveled there was a mural installed in the old Clarksville post office. Which post office in Clarksville? I have no idea. The building I show in this article seems too old to have had artwork from the depression, but maybe I’m wrong. What little I did find, mentions F. Luis Mora and is titled “Arrival of Col. John Donaldson”. My research also revels this may have been destroyed. Does anyone out there know anything about the Clarksville mural? Better yet do you have pictures of it?  Howard Hull’s book doesn’t even mention Clarksville.

I found the downtown Clarksville, TN building but this was from the 1960’s. I’m posting this article in hopes that someone out there has some information they’d be willing to share.

At the time I visited, I wasn’t willing to pay the admission since I was only interested in this section of the museum. After speaking with the front desk, I was also told there is no mural and the building was remodeled when it became the museum. No need to pay $7 for a quick look inside I said to myself.  My wife was also waiting in the car and we were in a hurry to get dinner.

Now that I’m writing up this article, I kind of wish I would have taken the extra few minutes to see the interior of this old building. Although, I may not have seen anything related to the old post office days, I think it would have been neat just be inside such an old very beautiful building. So folks you can learn from my mistakes. If you get the chance to view the inside of this building I’s suggest you take a few minutes to go inside, and if you do please report back and comment below.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

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Oak Park (South Station) Illinois Post Office

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Oak Park (South Station) IL Post Office 60304
Oak Park (South Station) IL Post Office 60304

ADDRESS: 1116 Garfield St., Oak Park, IL 60304

I know what your thinking, hey you made a mistake and put in a picture of an older dedication plaque for this newer building. There is no way this could be right.

Well folks, I have not lost my mind. I was thinking the same thing when I ran across this exact situation here in Oak Park South. The building is clearly not from the 1950’s but they must have taken the dedication plaque out of the old building and placed it in here.

So here is my question to you my loyal readers. Who done it? Do you know anything about it? Did you move the plaque? Do you know if this is indeed what happened? Or better yet, can you tell me what happened to the original building this dedication plaque once stood in? Did the old building stand here or was in somewhere else? I’m welcoming any and all comments on this.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

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  • Personal visit on 11/2/2013 by David W. Gates Jr.
  • United States Postal Service