U.S. Post Office
National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Post Office

Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
Listed
June 29, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83003023

About this property

The Bradley County Courthouse Annex, known in the past as simply the U.S. Post Office or as the Old Main Post Office, is a historic building in downtown Cleveland, Tennessee built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1983. It was built on the site of a trading place named "Taylor's Place" operated in 1835 by Andrew Taylor, the first white settler to arrive in what is now called Cleveland, Tennessee, and his Indian wife. The structure, built in 1911, was designed by architect James Knox Taylor, who served as Supervising Architect for the U.S. Department of Treasury at the time. It includes elements of Second Renaissance Revival and Georgian Revival architectural styles: these elements include "its symmetrical rectangular plan, large scale, quoins, massive cornice, and hipped roof with a flat deck." The building operated as the central headquarters for the Post Office in Bradley County until 1985. Since then it has housed the downtown postal station, with PO boxes and zip code 37364, and additional offices of the County Government, which is why it is known as the Courthouse Annex. It was listed on the NRHP on June 30, 1983, and was still known as the U.S. Post Office at the time. The building was renovated and restored in 2000. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bradley County, Tennessee

Location

155 Board St., NW
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
35.16046, -84.87418

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was U.S. Post Office listed on the National Register?

U.S. Post Office was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1983.

What type of historic resource is U.S. Post Office?

U.S. Post Office is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for U.S. Post Office?

The period of significance for U.S. Post Office is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1911.

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