Built with Public Works Administration (PWA) funding by local architectural firm Marr & Holman, this massive Art Deco post office was completed in 1934. The interior retains many original Art Deco details, such as the geometric terrazzo and marble floors, aluminum handrails on the interior stairs, and stainless steel grilles inset with images of modes of transportation. In 1998, ownership was transferred to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The building was converted into the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, with the post office operating out of the basement. The name was changed to the Frist Art Museum in 2018. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Frist Art Museum and United States Post Office
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Description
Built with Public Works Administration (PWA) funding by local architectural firm Marr & Holman, this massive Art Deco post office was completed in 1934. The interior retains many original Art Deco details, such as the geometric terrazzo and marble floors, aluminum handrails on the interior stairs, and stainless steel grilles inset with images of modes of transportation. In 1998, ownership was transferred to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The building was converted into the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, with the post office operating out of the basement. The name was changed to the Frist Art Museum in 2018. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.