Downtown Station Chattanooga Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up to Downtown Station one morning and yelled out the window, ‘Hey everyone, I just saw a ghost deliver a package!’ No one believed him until they started hearing whispers around the counter. Soon enough, an old lady approached the counter, tapping her cane on the floor and whispering, 'I’ve been delivering packages here since before you were born.' Everyone burst into laughter, realizing it was just an elderly volunteer helping out. The delivery driver shook his head and muttered, ‘Guess I’ll stick to driving trucks.’

2. A small boy walked into the post office one afternoon, staring wide-eyed at the old clock on the wall. As he approached the counter, an envelope suddenly started humming like a bee. Everyone turned around, but the sound stopped as soon as someone looked. Finally, an elderly lady picked up the envelope and whispered, ‘Dear Lord, it’s just your average letter.’ The boy shrugged and said, 'I thought maybe it was from Santa.' Everyone laughed, including the envelope, which had gone silent again. That evening, a delivery driver told his neighbor over coffee that he’d seen the same thing happen in Atlanta last week—except there, it was a package that sang 'Happy Birthday'.

3. One day, an old lady entered the post office with a large envelope. She asked the clerk, ‘Do you know where letters go when they leave here?’ Everyone in line burst out laughing, but no one could stop her from asking the same question every time she came back. Finally, after months of waiting, someone whispered that letters travel through a magical tunnel to another post office across town. The old lady believed it and started writing letters addressed to herself there. One morning, a delivery driver found an envelope marked 'To: Mrs. Smith, From: Mrs. Smith'—inside was a note saying, 'Dear Self, Please come pick up your mail!'

4. Have you heard about the guy who kept getting mail for someone named ‘Captain Adventure’? He showed up at the counter every other day, complaining that he wasn’t even close to being a superhero. Finally, one day an old delivery driver joked, ‘Maybe Captain Adventure is your alter ego!’ The man laughed and said, ‘No way, I’m just Mr. Johnson from accounting.’ And ever since then, whenever anyone mentions Captain Adventure, everyone smiles and shakes their heads with a knowing smile.