How is postal service intertwined with the development of Nashville? Plus, the local news for October 15, 2026.
Longtime Nashville Sen. Thelma Harper has US Post Office renamed in her honor
The U.S. Post Office on Rosa Parks Boulevard was renamed to honor the late Sen. Thelma Harper, D-Nashville. Harper was the first African American woman to serve in the Tennessee Senate as well as the longest-serving female senator.
‘I can’t imagine the Arcade without the Post Office’: After a century, Arcade customers need to find new mailboxes
For over 100 years, downtown Nashvillians have depended on the centerpiece of the Nashville Arcade: the post office. But, the century-old institution has shut its doors.
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