Murfreesboro, TN post office
I wasn't able to get any information from any local clerks or police offices about where the invariable former post office might be, but the design of what was now the arts center screamed "old post office":
The cornerstone with "Secretary of the Treasury" confirmed this 1909 masterpiece as a P.O. I went inside and the folks allowed me to photograph. Here's the lobby:
When the post office moved out, the building became the town's main library. The children's reading room was in the basement, which I'm sure spooked them a bit. Now it's used as prop and other storage for the arts center. So ladies and gentlemen, something you've always wanted to see -- the basement of an old post office!
No one could figure out what the ladder leading to the basement from the Postmaster's office was for. Any ideas?
The 1913 former site of the Lebanon, Tennessee post office is now a county building:
The newer Lebanon post office is less glamorous.
They even have a carrier annex now:
Dickson, Tennessee has a 1936 facility that's no longer in use. (I'm not sure what its present purpose is, actually.)
Here's the more modern, early-'90s edition Dickson post office:
Pocahontas, Arkansas's old [1936] post office is now the local newspaper, the Star Herald:
Here's the interior:
The newer Pocahontas post office is more on the outskirts of town.
Until next time..!
