The Guntersville Armory was constructed in 1936 under President Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. The project was a collaboration between the WPA and the Public Works Administration. The armory was constructed to house Company E of the 167th Infantry of the… read more
“Guntersville Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River… one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal-era initiative… read more
The historic post office in Guntersville, Alabama was constructed in 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, “[t]he last day of postal service in this building was July 7, 2007. The new post… read more
The oil-on-canvas mural “Indians Receiving Gifts from the Spanish” was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The New Deal work was painted by Charles Russell Hardman and installed in the lobby of the historic Guntersville post office. As… read more