Custon House

Customs House

1870

THE NEW CUSTOM H0USE.
Proposal by Propcrty Holders.
We arc prrinittted by the Comnissioners nppolnitcd bv the Govcrnmenti to receive sealcd proposals to sell, to the Government, a lot 100 to 160 feel, upon which to erect the proposed Customs House and Post Ollicc. We of course can make no comments now, but give the news to the public The Government will take prompt actlon and the location will soon be filled, Mr. A. B. Mullott, the Architect, is cxpected here to give more detailed information
The proposals
J. H. Curry 1st Proposition--Corner Asvlum nd Gay slreels. 170 feet on Asyium and 150 on Gay St. $20,000

J. II. ("BOZIKK Corner Church and State strcets, 100 foot on Cliurch and I60 feet on State Street. $7,500

15. R.I. WILSON Corner Clinch and Prince streets, 160 feet on Prince and 128 feeton Clinch Srect. S13.000.

D. T. BOYNTON, and others- Conier Prince and Clinch streets, 160 feet on Prince and 100 feet on Clinch Street. $9,000

W. M. Heiskell,. President of Board of Trustees, Comer Church and Locust streets, 160 fcet on Church and 100 feet on Locust street, $6,000.

E. T. HALL Corner Asylum ana Harris streets, 100 feet on Asylum stroet, 200 feet in Harris street. Amount, offered for $10,000

WILLIAM PARK- Corner Cumberland and Prince streets, 160 feet on Cumberland and
140 feet on Prince streets. $8,000

A. L, MAXWWLL- Corner Broad and Bellcvue strcets. 200 feet on Broad and 200 feet on
Bllenevue streets, property offered for nothing

E. N. PARHAN Corner Asvlunt and Prince streets, 142 feet on Asylum and 168 feet on Prince
street.. $18,000

W. K. ECKLE Asvlum street and Market Square, 120 feet square, $14.OOO. This proposition cannot be received, a it does .not come within tlio requirements of the advertisement. (Source: Knoxville weekly chronicle. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 25 May 1870. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033438/1870-05-25/ed-1/seq-5/>)

1871

Custom house Knoxville Tenn 1871

To George W Ross collector Knoxville Tenn 40,576 90

B Birch disbursing clerk 362.60

Total 40,939 50

Purchase of a site for custom house Knoxville Tenn To PB Camp 50.00

1872

Custom house Knoxville Tenn

To George W Ross collector Knoxville Tenn 89,735 22

B Birch disbursing clerk 1,028 68

Treasury Department 27. 38

Total 89,791 28

From which deduct the following repayment By George W Ross 1,000

(Source:An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States. 1791-, US Dept of Treasury, 1875, p. 131)

1873

Heavy Stone

For completion of the building for the custom house at Knoxville, Tennessee, one hundred and sixty six thousand seven hundred and forty seven dollars. (Knoxville Daily Chronicle. 3 May 1873, p.3)

It is quite interesting to watch the work men about the custom house moving the immense corner cornice stones. They are huge blocks of beautifully worked marble and will make au imposing appearance on the corners of the splendid structure they are to ornament. Gen. Holman is pushing the work on the building very rapidly and but little cutting remains to be done.
As soon as steam power can be put in use the heavy stones will be elevated and the building be ready for the roof. No wonder Mr. Mullett is so well pleased with the custom house work here for it is closely
and intelligently supervised by Gen. Holman, who is in every respect qualified for his work.

1874

(Source; Knoxville weekly chronicle. (Knoxville, Tenn.), 22 July 1874, p.5. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress,) Link

The Rheatown Stamp

DEAR SIR:

Yours of the 29th inst is at hand, As I happen to have the stamp alluded to, I inclose one for your benefit. It was used by me expressly for the Rheatown office, from about August, 1861, to midsummer 1862, until Confederate stamps were distributed for general use.

These stamps were used merely as a convenience during the absence of Government stamps, and of course were only received at the Rheatown office in payment of postage. All letters bearing it were billed "paid in money, 5 cents." The inconvenience of country people sending money by servants and children to pay postage, and the remarkable scarcity of small change at that time, were the principal objects for procuring this stamp                                Yours truly,

Rheatown, Tenn                                                          D. PENCE 

(Source: Confederate Veteran: Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics, Volume 2, Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1894, p. 78)

Neither rain, nor sleet...a look a Knox County post offices

 

"On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed
That a postmaster General be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary.
That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Falmouth in New England to Savannah in Georgia, with as many cross posts as he shall think fit.1
This simple statement signaled the birth of the Post Office Department, the predecessor of the United States Postal Service and the second oldest federal department or agency of the United States of America." Source

Knox County Post Offices 1846: Beaver Ridge, Church Grove, Gap Creek, Knoxville, Loveville, Mecklenberg, Raccoon Valley, Woodburne

Knox County Post Offices 1851:  Academia, Beaver Ridge, Campbell's Station, Church Grove, Flint Gap, Gap Creek, Knoxville,  Mecklenburgh, Racoon Valley, Woodbourne

Knox County Post Offices in 1876: Asbury, Ball Camp, Beaver Ridge, Bull Run, Campbell's Station, Church Grove, Concord, Cooper, Ebenezer, Gap Creek, Graveston, Hall's Cross Roads, High Point, Knoxville, Letsinger, McMillan, Powell's Station, Riverdale, Roseberry, Spring Grove, Thornburgh, Thorn Grove, Twinville

Today: Burlington, Cedar Bluff Post Office, Corryton, Downtown, Halls Station, Heiskell, Farragut, Fountain City, North Knoxville, Norwood, Mascot, Powell, South Knoxville, Knoxville, Knoxville Main Office, West Knoxville