Clarksville Federal Building (Additional Documentation)
National Register of Historic Places

Clarksville Federal Building (Additional Documentation)

Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
Listed
June 12, 1972
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
72001246

About this property

The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is Tennessee's second largest general interest museum. It features fine art, history, and children's exhibits. It is located in Clarksville, TN's Downtown District on 200 South 2nd Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as Clarksville Federal Building. It was established in 1984 as the Clarksville Montgomery County Museum. The 1898 portion of the Museum was originally designed for use as a Federal post office and custom house to handle the large volume of foreign mail created by the city's international tobacco business. It is built on the site of a former boarding house. The structure was designed by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, William Martin Aiken, in the eclectic style popular to Victorian America. Aiken incorporated many architectural styles including Stick, Queen Anne, Italianate, Romanesque, Flemish and Gothic. Its highly pitched roof with large eagles on the four corners, steep gabled windows and elaborate terra cotta ornamentation combine to give importance to a relatively small building. Contrary to popular myth, the design was not inspired by the architect's visit to China. The building was constructed by Charles A. Moses of Chicago. Media related to Customs House Museum and Cultural Center at Wikimedia Commons

Location

200 S. 2nd Street
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
36.52596, -87.35867

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Clarksville Federal Building (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1972.

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Clarksville Federal Building (Additional Documentation) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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