File:29 Post office in Knoxville, July 28, 1913.jpg
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This was the original post office in Knoxville from a "real picture" postcard, postmarked July 28, 1913.
The reason this is placed in the "Beginnings" album is because in 1890, when the B&O prohibited the use of intoxicating spirits, and into Prohibition, the Petersville Election District, better known as Knoxville, became the place to go to drink alcoholic beverages. There were several saloons, including the Willard Hotel across from the old post office in the long building, which still stands there today in decaying conditions.
The old post office is currently a residence across from the AME church, which is visible on the right. The structure, built by Will Cooper, who was the architect of some of the earliest homes in Knoxville, is at least 225 years old according to James R. Castle in History In Our Attics: Photos and Documents of Brunswick, Maryland; Volume II.
Knoxville was named for British Captain James Knox, who stopped at this location many times while looking for a place to settle.
(Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen, "Living in the Past" series by JR Castle)
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