Constructed in 1934 for use as a post office and federal courthouse, the building contains numerous Art Deco and Moderne elements, and is clad in Tennessee marble.

This courtyard is masked by a retaining wall built of red Tennessee marble, and topped with Art Deco light fixtures.

[2] The lot on which the Knoxville Post Office now stands was part of James White's 1795 extension of the city.

[6] By the time the federal government purchased the lot for the post office's construction, it was occupied by the home of prominent Knoxville physician Walter S. Nash and his wife, Eva.

Will Taylor, both from Tennessee, managed to have some of this money allocated for the construction of a new post office and federal courthouse for Knoxville.

On February 15 of that year, the new building was dedicated in a ceremony attended by Congressman Taylor and Knoxville Mayor John O'Connor.

In 2003, the building was again renovated, this time by the contracting firm Denark Construction, following a design by Cope Associates.

In one instance, the title character traverses the building's long ground-floor corridor to briefly escape the bitter cold.