U.S. Post Office, Commerce & South Second Streets, Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN
Summary
Significance: This building is unusually flamboyant in style for its size. Its highly pitched roof with large eagles on the four corners, its steep gabled windows, and its elaborate terra-cotta ornamentation combine to give importance to what is a relatively small building. Designed as a post office for the city of Clarksville, it is unique in the State.
Survey number: HABS TN-38
Building/structure dates: ca. 1898 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Aiken, William Martin
Location
Clarksville (Tenn.), 36.52455, -87.35771
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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