Cookeville is the county seat and largest city in Putnam County. This marker stands in downtown in…read morefront of the courthouses buildings. The first courthouse was completed in 1855 and burned to the ground in 1857. The second courthouse was a rebuild with the same plans but was destroyed during the Civil War but Union troops. A third courthouse - two stories and complete with two staircases was erected in 1866 and destroyed by fire in 1899. This building, the fourth, was completed in 1900 and thankfully still stands. The building was initially 92x86 feet and had seven rooms on the first floor and four rooms above. It is a classical architecture made from Nashville red pressed brick and trimmed with native buff and stone. The original tower was removed during the 1962 remodel. The marker in front provides some additional history. It reads, "After Putnam County was established in 1854, this site was chosen for its courthouse. Fires destroyed the first building soon after it was erected in 1855, a second during the Civil War, and a third in 1899. Construction of this courthouse, James Yeaman, architect, by Scott-Smoot, contractors, was completed in 1900. It was remodeled in 1962-63." At 6:30 am, the building was completely secured and not open for an interior tour. There is street parking nearby. [Review 20091 overall - 447 in Tennessee - 1067 of 2023.]

I went for my 10:10 appt for my Real ID, taking the 1hr trek. I made the appt a month ago & this is…read morethe soonest I can get an appt at. All of the sites I went to state this facility is close on weekends leading up to the appt. So I was anxious. I made sure to have all the proper documents needed. I checked in at 9:46, was called in to kiosk 5 a minute later & everything was done less than 10mins later. The staff from check-in to the end was nice & professional. Their process was very efficient. By 10:10, I was back in my car to drive home. Highly recommend this place.

Great service, excellent people working here. Kindness goes a long a long way especially when…read moreyou're new to Tennessee Thank you.

This Library is the perfect place to study or work, since it is really quiet. It also offers…read moreinteresting books, desks, computers and printers for your work. If you just want to enjoy a good book, you can seet in one of the comfortable armchairs that there are close to the shelves. If you need any help the personal is really kind and will help you with everything that you need. Unfortunately the are no sposts to eat or to talk, so if you want to study with friends, that is not the good place. But if you want to take your children there, there is a really pretty area for them, with books for their age.

Yeah I'm not sure what's going on but if it's your mailman or male women , cramming my mail in…read morethere and, even at times damaging merchandise,then I buy stamps and put extra stamps on there for outgoing mail near my mailbox, just for your mail people to take them off and then put in initials as to why on the envelope.....like, seriouslyy? 3 stamps!!!!!!.... So money out of my pocket because these people don't know what they're doing i've never seen anything like this in my life and then on top of having more injury to insult, things are not being put Sometimes correctly in the right box and then I have to file it as missing and then all of a sudden it shows up Either in my mailbox or the neighbor brings it down . I don't know exactly what's going on but I do also know that I'm not too happy about prepaying for a package online and asking your people to come and pick it up. Nobody bothers to show up. Not only are you guys taking my prepaid package money but at the same time my stamps. But that cramming my merchandise in my mailbox so yeah you guys have a lot of clean up work to do. Live off Buffalo Valley Road so you guys need to get this together.....

Very friendly staff. Not too busy, place is clean and parking was plenty. Large location off…read morewillow and east to access

This marker stands in front of the Putnam County Courthouse and points out the person for whom the…read morecounty was named, Israel Purnam (1718-1790). The marker reads, "Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Continental Congress. A popular hero of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Gen. Putnam became famous for saying, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes," at the Battle of Bunker Hill." This is marker 2D-46 and it was erected by the Tennessee Historical Commission. Online, there is more information. Putnam fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill and also served as an officer with Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War. In 1762, he survived a shipwreck during the Siege of Havana British expedition against Cuba that led to the capture of Havana. Major Putnam is believed to have brought back Cuban tobacco seeds to New England, which he planted in the Hartford, Connecticut Hartford area. This reportedly resulted in the development of the renowned Connecticut shade tobacco Connecticut Wrapper. Putnam served as Washington's second in command during the Revolutionary War. Both Washington and Putnam were aggressive by nature and did not hesitate to put themselves in harm's way if that was what was called for in battle. Both were fearless or at least able to function calmly while bullets whizzed around them. Yet, each was nevertheless able to calculate risk and make decisions accordingly. Putnam County, Tennessee is one such place named for him. Others include counties in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia plus the towns of Putnam in Connecticut and New York and the USS General Putnam, a Civil War tugboat as well as the USS General Putnam, a ferry boat chartered by the US Navy during World War I. [Review 20093 overall - 449 in Tennessee - 1069 of 2023.]

Always super nice, when we moved back to California we shipped everything in boxes. Had about 20…read morelarge boxes. You would think they would see it as a pain butt were really awesome about it. Never had a problem. Gets busy at times but it is a post office :) Edit: we ended up losing a few boxes in shipping. A box of most of my husbands clothes. One with my shoes and one with xbox360. Nothing got replaced by them. Really disappointed =/

Whoever is the postman or woman that's being assigned in our area around Algood, TN. I hope you…read morewill read the address correctly & not the house number only. There's a big difference between the house number & the street number but unfortunately you gave us many times the mail of our outside of our subdivision neighborhood happens to have same house number as ours but very different, street number. Please check it out seriously next time. We have some important check we're expecting per month that sometimes we didn't get it. :(

This marker is located along US-70N east of Cookeville at the intersection with Neal St and points…read morethe way to a historic church that predates the Civil War. Not on my itinerary today, I viewed the marker here and headed onwards. There is a bank at this spot and plenty of room to stop. The marker reads, "Isaac Buck organized this church, one of the oldest in the County in 1820. Before the Civil War the site was a famous camp meeting ground. When Putnam County was permanently established in 1854, courts met in the old log church, and militia mustered outside. The present structure was built in 1925." It indicates that the church is one mile south. [Review 20097 overall - 453 in Tennessee - 1073 of 2023.]