In 1947, Magnavox opened a plant in Greeneville Tennessee shortly after the conclusion of World War ll. The company announced plans to begin production of televisions, and in 1948, the first Magnavox television was created in Greeneville. As the popularity of the television grew over the next two decades, so did the company’s workforce. At its high point, almost 5,000 people worked at the Greeneville Plant. The fact that a small town in East Tennessee became the epicenter for one of the largest and most respected electronics companies in the world is little known outside of the region. Magnavox was to Greeneville what automobiles were to Detroit. The shield shaped mural (5’5″ x 4′) was painted using the original 1953 master mold of the symbol. The mural was painted by local artist Joe Kilday on the side of the building that was once Brown’s Furniture.
The mural was sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission’s FY13 Arts Build Communities grant and was managed by Greene County Partnership.
