Intersection of Market & Clinch – Customs House on right

This blurry early snapshot shows a congested Clinch Avenue, looking east from Market Street, with ca. 1920 automobiles, parked bicycles, with an electric streetcar approaching. On the right is the marble Custom House, which then housed the city's main post office. In the background is the surprisingly lean Burwell Building, before its 1927-1928 additions, which would include the Tennessee Theatre. The mid-19th-century building known as the Fouche Block was the subject of a preservation effort, but was demolished in 1993 for a construction project that never came to fruition. The East Tennessee History Center later expanded into the site. This photograph comes from a series of images from the Post Sign Company, now part of KHP's expanding digital collection.