This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Tennessee.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
There are 116 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Another 5 properties were once listed but have been removed.
Anderson – Bedford – Benton – Bledsoe – Blount – Bradley – Campbell – Cannon – Carroll – Carter – Cheatham – Chester – Claiborne – Clay – Cocke – Coffee – Crockett – Cumberland – Davidson – Decatur – DeKalb – Dickson – Dyer – Fayette – Fentress – Franklin – Gibson – Giles – Grainger – Greene – Grundy – Hamblen – Hamilton – Hancock – Hardeman – Hardin – Hawkins – Haywood – Henderson – Henry – Hickman – Houston – Humphreys – Jackson – Jefferson – Johnson – Knox – Lake – Lauderdale – Lawrence – Lewis – Lincoln – Loudon – Macon – Madison – Marion – Marshall – Maury – McMinn – McNairy – Meigs – Monroe – Montgomery – Moore – Morgan – Obion – Overton – Perry – Pickett – Polk – Putnam – Rhea – Roane – Robertson – Rutherford – Scott – Sequatchie – Sevier – Shelby – Smith – Stewart – Sullivan – Sumner – Tipton – Trousdale – Unicoi – Union – Van Buren – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Weakley – White – Williamson – Wilson |
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 20, 2023. [2]
The earliest settlers in what is now Knox County were Native Americans - the Indian mound is the primary "built structure" that remains from their era. Beginning with explorer Hernando de Soto, who traveled near the county, the earliest Europeans were not settlers but explorers and hunters who left no permanent structures. However, when North Carolina made land available in the Land Grab Act of 1783, early settlers began surveying the region. These men included General James White, who soon owned the land that became downtown Knoxville, as well as Frances Alexander Ramsey and Alexander McMillan.
James White settled in rural east Knox County on the French Broad River in 1785, but constructed a cabin in what is now downtown Knoxville in 1786. General White later requested that his son-in-law, Charles McClung, survey the land around his cabin and lay out sixteen blocks with four lots on each block. After setting aside lots for his residence, a cemetery, college and other functions he deemed necessary, the balance of the lots were sold by lottery on October 3, 1791. In 1792, the community began to take shape: 1) Knox County, Tennessee, was split off from Hawkins County, Tennessee; 2) settlers were constructing buildings on lots they received in the lottery; 3) Samuel and Nathan Cowan opened the first store; and 4) the first tavern was opened by John Chisholm. In 1793, a garrison of soldiers was assigned to protect the settlers.
Other than setting aside land for Blount College (now the University of Tennessee), the earliest structures were built to accommodate basic frontier needs. These included the fort, residences, churches, taverns (which also served as inns) and a cemetery.
In terms of growth, development of the county was due both to expansion of the early settlement (a) and the development of roads (b), which linked James White's Fort to other parts of the state: (a) The original 16 square blocks was expanded to accommodate growth in the population. Moses White, James White's son, laid out East Knoxville, which was originally a separate city and called Mechanicsburg. Colonel John Williams laid out the west end of the town, which was briefly known as Williamsburg; and (b) Roads were constructed to allow access both to surrounding settlements in rural areas of Knox County, and to allow pioneers to travel from the east coast further west. Settlers typically traveled down from southwest Virginia through Rogersville, Tennessee on the Knoxville Road before arriving at Knoxville. By 1795, what is now Kingston Pike went from James White's Fort to the western end of the county. Beyond the western end of the county, this route became known as the Nashville Road. By 1807, the Knoxville Gazette reported that 200 settlers a day were passing through the city on their way further west. Further north in Knox County, Adair's Fort, built by John Adair in Fountain City, protected settlers traveling westward on the Emory Road. And by 1792, Alexander Cunningham was operating the first ferry over the Tennessee River south of Knoxville.
Despite ceasing to be Tennessee's state capital in 1817, Knoxville continued to grow slowly through the antebellum period. And due to the mountainous terrain, slavery never took root as deeply in East Tennessee as it did in Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee. The valleys of East Tennessee, such as the area west of Knoxville accessed by Kingston Pike, did have plantations, a few of whose houses still remain. And the Tennessee River was not as navigable at Knoxville as it was further downstream, so, other than the roads, the city remained comparatively isolated until the railroads reached the city in 1855. Then, due to Knoxville's central location in the southeast and the railroads that traversed it, the city experienced explosive growth. Initially, the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad (which soon became the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and later became part of Southern Railway) began operations in the city. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad soon followed, giving Knoxville access to two prominent transportation companies and two rail stations of architectural significance. The 1880s were the greatest growth period in the city's history, although there was substantial growth after World War II.
Structures now listed on the National Register of Historic Places largely reflect this expansion. There were isolated pockets of settlement, such as the Ramsey House and Marble Springs, in what remains the rural part of the county. As Kingston Pike developed, Crescent Bend and other estates were constructed in what soon became affluent western Knox County. Kingston Pike also linked Bearden, Ebenezer's Mill, and later linked Farragut, Concord and Kingston to Knoxville. There was a flurry of commercial and residential development in the late 19th century. As electric streetcars began operation, suburban expansion moved both north and south. Automobiles allowed further urban sprawl to develop.
As the county has expanded, many historic structures have been lost to development. Examples include: 18th-century Chisholm Tavern, which was not demolished until the 20th century as part of the construction of James White Parkway; the Mabry Hood House on Kingston Pike, which was demolished to allow construction of Pellissippi Parkway; and the Baker Peters House on Kingston Pike, which has survived, but has been stripped of its context due to surrounding commercial development, including a carwash in its front yard. By 1900, all that remained of James White's Fort was the fort's main house, which itself was dismantled and moved to a farm outside the city in 1906. In the 1960s, preservation groups moved the house to its present location on Hill Avenue, and reconstructed its historic palisades and outbuildings. Because it has been moved from its original location, the fort is not eligible for listing on the National Register.
[3] | Name on the Register [4] | Image | Date listed [5] | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | Adair Gardens Historic District | September 23, 1994 (#94001136) | Roughly bounded by Adair, Rose, and Coile Drs. 36°01′32″N83°55′32″W / 36.025625°N 83.925633°W | Knoxville | Consists of several houses built in the 1920s and 1930s in the Fountain City community | |
2 | Airplane Service Station | March 18, 2004 (#04000198) | 6829 Clinton Highway 36°00′33″N84°01′53″W / 36.009167°N 84.031389°W | Knoxville | Filling station built in 1930 in the shape of an airplane; located just outside Knoxville in the Powell community | |
3 | Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South | March 18, 1997 (#97000222) | 2820 Asbury Rd. 35°57′13″N83°49′33″W / 35.953611°N 83.825833°W | Knoxville | Now Asbury United Methodist Church | |
4 | Alexander Bishop House | September 3, 1997 (#97000953) | 7924 Bishop Rd. 36°03′51″N83°59′35″W / 36.064167°N 83.993056°W | Knoxville | Believed to have been built in the early 1790s | |
5 | Ayres Hall | August 1, 2012 (#12000466) | 1403 Circle Dr., University of Tennessee 35°57′27″N83°55′34″W / 35.957496°N 83.926°W | Knoxville | Completed 1921; renovated 2008 | |
6 | Bethel Confederate Cemetery and Winstead Cottage | September 8, 2015 (#15000117) | 1917 Bethel Ave. 35°58′28″N83°54′05″W / 35.9744°N 83.9015°W | Knoxville | Website | |
7 | Bleak House | November 8, 1984 (#84000369) | 3148 Kingston Pike 35°56′58″N83°57′22″W / 35.949444°N 83.956111°W | Knoxville | Also known as "Confederate Memorial Hall"; currently a museum | |
8 | William Blount Mansion | October 15, 1966 (#66000726) | 200 W. Hill Ave. 35°57′40″N83°54′55″W / 35.961111°N 83.915278°W | Knoxville | ||
9 | Boyd-Harvey House | November 7, 1985 (#85002774) | Harvey Rd. 35°50′04″N84°10′48″W / 35.834444°N 84.18°W | Knoxville | Located west of Knoxville near Concord | |
10 | Alfred Buffat Homestead | April 1, 1975 (#75001761) | 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Knoxville on Love Creek Road 36°01′39″N83°51′48″W / 36.0275°N 83.863333°W | Knoxville | Late-1860s homestead in northeast Knoxville | |
11 | Burwell Building Tennessee Theater | April 1, 1982 (#82003979) | 600 S. Gay St. 35°57′44″N83°55′10″W / 35.962222°N 83.919444°W | Knoxville | Built 1907, theater designed in the Spanish-Moorish style by Graven & Mayger | |
12 | Camp House | April 24, 1973 (#73001800) | 1306 Broadway, NE. 35°59′03″N83°55′19″W / 35.984167°N 83.921944°W | Knoxville | Commonly called "Greystone"; completed in 1890 for coal tycoon Eldad Cicero Camp, designed by Alfred B. Mullett; now houses offices for local station WATE-TV | |
13 | Candoro Marble Works | July 22, 2005 (#96001399) | 681 Maryville Pike 35°55′58″N83°55′06″W / 35.932778°N 83.918333°W | Knoxville | Marble finishing complex built in 1914; includes showroom and garage designed by architect Charles I. Barber; initially added in 1996, showroom and garage relisted for architectural significance in 2005 | |
14 | Central United Methodist Church | November 9, 2005 (#05001225) | 201 E. 3rd Ave. 35°58′42″N83°55′20″W / 35.978333°N 83.922222°W | Knoxville | Gothic Revival church designed by Baumann & Baumann | |
15 | Chesterfield House | November 16, 1977 (#77001276) | North of Mascot off Old Rutledge Pike 36°05′37″N83°45′06″W / 36.093611°N 83.751667°W | Mascot | Georgian-style house built in 1838 | |
16 | Christenberry Club Room | March 14, 1997 (#97000242) | Southwestern corner of the junction of Henegar and Shamrock Aves. 35°59′51″N83°55′46″W / 35.9975°N 83.929444°W | Knoxville | Designed by Knoxville architectural firm Barber & McMurry | |
17 | Church Street Methodist Church | March 10, 2009 (#09000115) | 913 Henley St. 35°57′36″N83°55′14″W / 35.95991°N 83.92057°W | Knoxville | Designed by Barber & McMurry and John Russell Pope | |
18 | Concord Village Historic District | October 22, 1987 (#87001888) | Roughly bounded by Lakeridge and 3rd Drs., Spring St., and the Masonic Hall and Cemetery 35°51′58″N84°08′17″W / 35.866111°N 84.138056°W | Concord | ||
19 | Contractor's Supply, Inc. | July 13, 2011 (#11000457) | 1909 Schofield St. 35°58′18″N83°57′20″W / 35.971667°N 83.955556°W | Knoxville | Moderne-style structure built by contractor and developer Howard Rodgers in 1947; designed by Shelton & Stachel | |
20 | Cowan, McClung and Company Building | July 12, 1984 (#84003566) | 500-504 Gay St. 35°57′55″N83°55′05″W / 35.965278°N 83.918056°W | Knoxville | Now called the "Fidelity Building"; built in 1871, remodeled in 1929 by Baumann & Baumann | |
21 | Craighead-Jackson House | March 20, 1973 (#73001801) | 1000 State St. 35°57′40″N83°54′52″W / 35.961111°N 83.914444°W | Knoxville | ||
22 | Daniel House | March 19, 1998 (#98000240) | 2701 Woodson Dr. 35°55′23″N83°56′57″W / 35.923056°N 83.949167°W | Knoxville | Moderne-style house built using the frame of a Quonset hut; designed by James Fitzgibbon | |
23 | Daylight Building | November 25, 2009 (#09000956) | 501-517 Union Ave. 35°56′59″N83°57′17″W / 35.949722°N 83.954722°W | Knoxville | ||
24 | H.L. Dulin House | October 15, 1974 (#74002265) | 3100 Kingston Pike 35°56′59″N83°57′17″W / 35.949722°N 83.954722°W | Knoxville | Also called "Crescent Bluff"; current address is 3106 Kingston Pike | |
25 | Ebenezer Mill | June 25, 1987 (#87001037) | 409 Ebenezer Rd. 35°54′19″N84°04′25″W / 35.905278°N 84.073611°W | Knoxville | Turbine-powered gristmill in West Knoxville | |
26 | Emory Place Historic District | November 10, 1994 (#94001259) | Roughly bounded by Broadway, N. Central, Emory, 5th, E. 4th, and King Sts.; also Portions of North Broadway, North Central, Lamar, King, and North Gay Sts., Emory Pl., East 4th, East 5th. and West 5th Aves. 35°58′27″N83°55′21″W / 35.974069°N 83.922483°W | Knoxville | Includes Knoxville High School, First Christian Church, a fire station, and several commercial and residential structures; boundary increase approved April 20, 2023. | |
27 | Fire Station No. 5 | November 2, 1978 (#78002602) | 419 Arthur St., NW. 35°58′09″N83°55′56″W / 35.969167°N 83.932222°W | Knoxville | Early-20th century Knoxville Fire Department station built to serve the Mechanicsville neighborhood | |
28 | First Baptist Church | March 8, 1997 (#97000223) | 510 Main Ave. 35°57′37″N83°55′07″W / 35.960278°N 83.918611°W | Knoxville | Designed by Dougherty & Gardner | |
29 | First Presbyterian Church Cemetery | December 4, 1996 (#96001400) | Adjacent to 620 State St. 35°57′35″N83°55′15″W / 35.959722°N 83.920833°W | Knoxville | Knoxville's oldest cemetery | |
30 | Forest Hills Boulevard Historic District | April 14, 1992 (#92000350) | 500-709 Forest Hills Blvd. 35°56′44″N83°59′09″W / 35.945556°N 83.985833°W | Knoxville | Consists of 20 houses built in the late 1920s and 1930s | |
31 | Fort Sanders Historic District | September 16, 1980 (#80003839) | Roughly bounded by White and Grand Aves. and 11th and 19th Sts. 35°57′37″N83°55′54″W / 35.960278°N 83.931667°W | Knoxville | Consists of several hundred houses and other buildings constructed c. 1880-1920 in the vicinity of the Civil War-era Fort Sanders | |
32 | Fourth and Gill Historic District | April 29, 1985 (#85000948) | Roughly bounded by Interstate 40, Broadway, Central and 5th Ave. 35°58′48″N83°55′14″W / 35.98°N 83.920556°W | Knoxville | Includes three churches and several dozen houses built c. 1880-1930 | |
33 | Gay Street Commercial Historic District | November 4, 1986 (#86002912) | Roughly along Gay St. from Summit Hill Dr. to Church Ave. 35°57′56″N83°55′06″W / 35.965556°N 83.918333°W | Knoxville | Consists of nearly three dozen buildings constructed c. 1880-1940, during Knoxville's commercial boom period | |
34 | General Building | March 8, 1988 (#88000174) | 625 Market St. 35°57′47″N83°55′07″W / 35.963056°N 83.918611°W | Knoxville | Designed by Barber & McMurry; now home to First Bank | |
35 | Gibbs Drive Historic District | November 8, 2000 (#00001354) | Gibbs Dr. 36°02′07″N83°55′35″W / 36.035278°N 83.926389°W | Knoxville | Consists of several early-20th-century houses built along Gibbs Drive in Knoxville's Fountain City community | |
36 | Nicholas Gibbs House | September 9, 1988 (#88001447) | 7633 E Emory Rd. 36°07′26″N83°50′37″W / 36.123889°N 83.843611°W | Corryton | Log house built in 1793 by pioneer Nicholas Gibbs | |
37 | Giffin Grammar School | November 22, 2016 (#16000788) | 1834 Beech St. 35°57′14″N83°53′27″W / 35.953863°N 83.890814°W | Knoxville | ||
38 | Happy Holler Historic District | April 23, 2014 (#14000185) | 1200-1209, 1211 N, Central St., 103,105 E. Anderson & 109, 115 W. Anderson Aves. 35°58′54″N83°55′47″W / 35.9816501°N 83.9296257°W | Knoxville | Part of the Knoxville and Knox County MPS | |
39 | Hilltop | March 22, 2016 (#16000119) | 5617 Lyons View Pike 35°55′50″N83°59′30″W / 35.93043°N 83.99174°W | Knoxville | NRHP page | |
40 | Holston National Bank | October 2, 1979 (#79002446) | 531 S. Gay St. 35°57′51″N83°55′06″W / 35.964167°N 83.918333°W | Knoxville | Designed by John Kevan Peebles. Currently a condominium high-rise known simply as "The Holston". | |
41 | Hopecote | March 20, 2012 (#12000137) | 1820 Melrose Ave. 35°57′11″N83°55′59″W / 35.953162°N 83.932995°W | Knoxville | Designed by local architect John Fanz Staub; includes a cupboard designed by Thomas Hope (whose great-great-grandson built the house), a hearthstone from the James Park House, and woodwork made from timbers salvaged from the Admiral David Farragut birthplace; used as a guesthouse by U.T. | |
42 | Hotpoint Living-Conditioned Home | March 15, 2010 (#10000086) | 509 W. Hills Rd. 35°56′12″N84°01′51″W / 35.9368°N 84.030803°W | Knoxville | Demonstration "starter home" built in 1954 in West Hills subdivision; designed by Bruce McCarty | |
43 | Howell Nurseries | July 26, 2022 (#100007965) | 2743 Wimpole Ave. 35°59′00″N83°52′55″W / 35.9833°N 83.8820°W | Knoxville | ||
44 | Island Home Park Historic District | November 10, 1994 (#94001260) | Bounded by Island Home Boulevard, Fisher and Spence Places, and Maplewood 35°57′33″N83°52′52″W / 35.959122°N 83.881153°W | Knoxville | Includes 119 contributing houses built c. 1899-1940 in the Island Home Park community of South Knoxville | |
45 | Jackson Avenue Warehouse District | April 11, 1973 (#73001802) | Jackson Ave.; also 120-124 Jackson Ave. 35°58′13″N83°55′08″W / 35.970278°N 83.918889°W | Knoxville | 120-124 Jackson represents a boundary increase of March 10, 1975 | |
46 | Andrew Johnson Hotel | July 9, 1980 (#80003840) | 912 S. Gay St. 35°57′41″N83°54′56″W / 35.961389°N 83.915556°W | Knoxville | Now houses offices for Knox County Schools and other county departments; designed by Baumann & Baumann | |
47 | Leroy Keener House | November 13, 1997 (#97001440) | 3506 Woodlawn School Rd. 35°56′51″N83°43′24″W / 35.9475°N 83.723333°W | Knoxville | Greek Revival-style house in southeast Knox County | |
48 | Kern's Bakery | May 8, 2017 (#100000979) | 2110 Chapman Hwy. 35°57′11″N83°54′55″W / 35.953111°N 83.915300°W | Knoxville | ||
49 | Kingston Pike Historic District | December 4, 1996 (#96001404) | Roughly 2728-3151, 3201, 3219, 3401, 3425, and 3643 Kingston Pike 35°56′58″N83°57′18″W / 35.949444°N 83.955°W | Knoxville | Includes Crescent Bend, the H.L. Dulin House, Judge Taylor House, and several others | |
50 | Knollwood | May 12, 1975 (#75001762) | 6411 Kingston Pike 35°56′02″N84°00′32″W / 35.933889°N 84.008889°W | Knoxville | Currently home to Schaad Companies; address sometimes listed as 150 Major Reynolds Place | |
51 | Knox County Courthouse | April 24, 1973 (#73001803) | Main Ave. and Gay St. 35°57′39″N83°55′01″W / 35.960833°N 83.916944°W | Knoxville | Built by Stephenson and Getaz | |
52 | Knoxville Business College | January 27, 1983 (#83003042) | 209 W. Church St. 35°57′50″N83°55′01″W / 35.963889°N 83.916944°W | Knoxville | Commonly called the "Keyhole Building"; now houses condominiums | |
53 | Knoxville College Historic District | May 1, 1980 (#80003841) | 901 College St., NW. 35°58′11″N83°56′34″W / 35.969722°N 83.942778°W | Knoxville | ||
54 | Knoxville Iron Foundry Complex-Nail Factory and Warehouse | March 25, 1982 (#82003980) | 715 Western Ave., NW. 35°57′55″N83°55′36″W / 35.965278°N 83.926667°W | Knoxville | Built by the Knoxville Iron Company in 1875 as a nail factory; now an event center known as "The Foundry" | |
55 | Knoxville National Cemetery | September 12, 1996 (#96000966) | 939 Tyson St., NW. 35°58′32″N83°55′39″W / 35.975556°N 83.9275°W | Knoxville | ||
56 | Knoxville Post Office | May 31, 1984 (#84003567) | 501 Main St. 35°57′39″N83°55′08″W / 35.960833°N 83.918889°W | Knoxville | Designed by Baumann & Baumann | |
57 | Knoxville YMCA Building | November 17, 1983 (#83004256) | 605 Clinch Ave. 35°57′47″N83°55′16″W / 35.963056°N 83.921111°W | Knoxville | Designed by Barber & McMurry | |
58 | Lamar House Hotel | December 4, 1975 (#75001763) | 803 Gay St., SW. 35°57′47″N83°55′03″W / 35.963056°N 83.9175°W | Knoxville | Lamar House Hotel built in 1816, Bijou Theater (its current function) added in 1909 | |
59 | Charles L. Lawhon Cottage | November 27, 2019 (#100004685) | 1910 Prospect Place 35°58′09″N83°53′43″W / 35.9693°N 83.8954°W | Knoxville | ||
60 | Lebanon in the Forks Cemetery | November 29, 2010 (#10000934) | Asbury Rd. north of Norfolk Southern Railroad 35°57′37″N83°50′50″W / 35.960278°N 83.847222°W | Knoxville | Contains Knox County's oldest marked burial. | |
61 | Lincoln Park United Methodist Church | July 14, 2005 (#05000695) | 3120 Pershing St. 36°00′03″N83°56′12″W / 36.000833°N 83.936667°W | Knoxville | ||
62 | Lindbergh Forest Historic District | February 10, 1998 (#94001261) | Along Chamberlain, Druid, Glenhurst, Southwood, Winslow, and Woodlawn 35°56′35″N83°54′27″W / 35.943181°N 83.907425°W | Knoxville | Early automobile suburb, developed in the late-1920s and 1930s | |
63 | Louisville and Nashville Freight Depot | March 25, 1982 (#82003981) | 700 Western Ave., NW. 35°57′51″N83°55′31″W / 35.964167°N 83.925278°W | Knoxville | Built 1903-1904 | |
64 | Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station | March 25, 1982 (#82003982) | 700 Western Ave., NW. 35°57′51″N83°55′28″W / 35.964167°N 83.924444°W | Knoxville | Built 1904-1905, currently home to the Knox County STEM Academy; designed by Richard Monfort | |
65 | Joseph Alexander Mabry, Jr. House | November 13, 1989 (#89001974) | 1711 Dandridge Ave. 35°58′16″N83°54′11″W / 35.971111°N 83.903056°W | Knoxville | Built in 1858. Commonly called the Mabry-Hazen House; now a museum | |
66 | Mall Building | August 26, 1982 (#82003983) | 1, 3, 5 Market St. 35°57′53″N83°55′11″W / 35.964722°N 83.919722°W | Knoxville | Also called the Kern Building, Odd Fellows Hall, or Hotel St. Oliver; designed by Joseph Baumann, and built in 1875 for confectioner Peter Kern | |
67 | Marble Springs | May 6, 1971 (#71000823) | South of Knoxville on Neubert Springs Rd. 35°53′46″N83°52′20″W / 35.896111°N 83.872222°W | Knoxville | ||
68 | Market Square Commercial Historic District | December 20, 1984 (#84001138) | Market Sq. Mall 35°57′54″N83°55′10″W / 35.965°N 83.919444°W | Knoxville | Contains 20 contributing buildings constructed c. 1870-1925 | |
69 | Maxwell-Kirby House | November 30, 1999 (#99001446) | 8671 Northshore Dr. 35°53′08″N84°02′23″W / 35.88564°N 84.03973°W | Knoxville | ||
70 | Samuel McCammon House | March 1, 1984 (#84003571) | 1715 Riverside Dr. 35°57′55″N83°53′51″W / 35.965278°N 83.8975°W | Knoxville | Currently houses offices of Engert Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | |
71 | Alexander McMillan House | May 10, 2001 (#01000504) | 7703 Strawberry Plains Pike 36°00′41″N83°45′57″W / 36.011442°N 83.765958°W | Knoxville | Constructed c. 1785 by early Knox County pioneer Alexander McMillan (1749-1837) | |
72 | Mead Marble Quarry | March 26, 2014 (#14000085) | 2915 Island Home Ave. 35°57′05″N83°52′14″W / 35.951521°N 83.870435°W | Knoxville | Tennessee marble quarry and lime plant complex | |
73 | Mechanics' Bank and Trust Company Building | January 27, 1983 (#83003043) | 612 S. Gay St. 35°57′53″N83°55′04″W / 35.964722°N 83.917778°W | Knoxville | ||
74 | Mechanicsville Historic District | July 18, 1980 (#80003842) | Off State Route 62 35°58′07″N83°56′02″W / 35.968611°N 83.933889°W | Knoxville | Consists of several dozen houses and other buildings constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries | |
75 | Medical Arts Building | May 24, 1984 (#84003573) | 603 Main St. 35°57′39″N83°55′11″W / 35.960833°N 83.919722°W | Knoxville | Built 1929-1930 as an office building for physicians; designed by Manley and Young | |
76 | Middlebrook | June 18, 1974 (#74001920) | 4001 Middlebrook Pike 35°57′50″N83°58′39″W / 35.963889°N 83.9775°W | Knoxville | 1845-era frame house | |
77 | Minvilla | December 10, 2010 (#10001046) | 447 N. Broadway 35°58′20″N83°55′28″W / 35.972222°N 83.924444°W | Knoxville | Built as a rowhouse complex in 1913; converted into Fifth Avenue Motel in the early 1960s; rehabilitated as housing for the homeless, 2002-2010; designed by Baumann Brothers | |
78 | Monday House | April 19, 2001 (#01000394) | 2721 Asbury Rd. 35°57′10″N83°49′46″W / 35.952803°N 83.829542°W | Knoxville | Also called the Weigel-Shell House | |
79 | Benjamin Morton House | November 10, 2004 (#04001233) | 4084 Kingston Pike 35°56′39″N83°58′26″W / 35.944167°N 83.973889°W | Knoxville | Built in 1927 for Knoxville mayor Benjamin Morton, designed by Baumann & Baumann | |
80 | Murphy Springs Farm | July 14, 2015 (#14001034) | 4508 Murphy Rd. 36°03′17″N83°52′29″W / 36.054825°N 83.874690°W | Knoxville | ||
81 | New Salem United Methodist Church | August 11, 1983 (#83003044) | 2417 Tipton Station Rd. 35°53′06″N83°53′54″W / 35.885°N 83.898333°W | Knoxville | Gothic Revival-style church located off Gov. John Sevier Highway in South Knox County | |
82 | Capt. James Newman House | October 30, 1998 (#98001304) | 8906 Newman Ln. 35°57′14″N83°41′59″W / 35.95380°N 83.69977°W | Knoxville | gate across road | |
83 | North Hills Historic District | July 25, 2008 (#08000677) | Roughly bounded by North Hills, North Park, and Fountain Park Boulevards 36°00′18″N83°54′06″W / 36.005042°N 83.901744°W | Knoxville | Consists of several dozen houses built in the late 1920s and 1930s | |
84 | Old Gray Cemetery | December 4, 1996 (#96001402) | 543 N. Broadway 35°58′29″N83°55′35″W / 35.974722°N 83.926389°W | Knoxville | ||
85 | Old Knoxville City Hall | May 31, 1972 (#72001241) | Summit Hill Dr. 35°57′55″N83°55′24″W / 35.965278°N 83.923333°W | Knoxville | Originally the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, used as city hall 1923-1980; now an extension of Lincoln Memorial University; built and possibly designed by Jacob Newman | |
86 | Old North Knoxville Historic District | May 14, 1992 (#92000506) | Roughly bounded by E. Woodland, Bluff, Armstrong, E. Baxter, and Central Aves. 35°59′13″N83°55′33″W / 35.986953°N 83.925883°W | Knoxville | Consists of 496 houses and outbuildings constructed c. 1888-1940 | |
87 | Old Post Office Building | March 20, 1973 (#73001804) | Clinch and Market Sts. 35°57′49″N83°55′07″W / 35.963611°N 83.918611°W | Knoxville | Usually called the "Old Customs House"; designed by Alfred B. Mullett; currently houses part of the East Tennessee History Center | |
88 | Ossoli Circle Clubhouse | March 21, 1985 (#85000620) | 2511 W. Cumberland Ave. 35°57′10″N83°56′37″W / 35.952778°N 83.943611°W | Knoxville | Designed by Barber & McMurry | |
89 | Park City Historic District | October 25, 1990 (#90001578) | Roughly bounded by Washington Ave., Cherry St., Woodbine Ave., Beaman St., Magnolia Ave., and Winona St. 35°59′13″N83°53′56″W / 35.986944°N 83.898889°W | Knoxville | Consists of several hundred houses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in what is now the Parkridge community and its vicinity | |
90 | Park City Junior High School | June 30, 1983 (#83003045) | 523 Bertrand St. 35°58′52″N83°54′27″W / 35.981111°N 83.9075°W | Knoxville | Designed by Albert Baumann, Jr., and William B. Ittner; renovated as a condominium by Kristopher Kendrick | |
91 | James Park House | October 18, 1972 (#72001242) | 422 W. Cumberland Ave. 35°57′42″N83°55′07″W / 35.961667°N 83.918611°W | Knoxville | Rests on foundation built in 1790s by John Sevier, house constructed in 1812 by James Park; now corporate headquarters for Gulf and Ohio Railways | |
92 | Peters House | March 31, 1999 (#99000364) | 1319 Grainger Ave. 35°59′20″N83°55′10″W / 35.988889°N 83.919444°W | Knoxville | Built in the 1850s, remodeled in the 1890s by George Franklin Barber | |
93 | Ivan Racheff House | July 17, 2002 (#02000810) | 1943 Tennessee Ave. 35°58′46″N83°57′12″W / 35.979444°N 83.953333°W | Knoxville | Home and gardens of Knoxville Iron Company president Ivan Racheff; now a museum | |
94 | Ramsey House | December 23, 1969 (#69000180) | Southeast of Knoxville on Thorngrove Pike 35°58′02″N83°49′33″W / 35.967222°N 83.825833°W | Knoxville | Now a museum; built by early Knoxville architect Thomas Hope | |
95 | Riverdale Historic District | April 23, 1997 (#94001258) | 6145 and 6603 Thorngrove Pike and 6802 Hodges Ferry Rd. 35°57′32″N83°46′27″W / 35.958889°N 83.774167°W | Knoxville | Contains several 19th-century houses related to the Riverdale community | |
96 | Riverdale Mill | March 13, 1987 (#87000464) | Wayland Rd. and Thorngrove Pike 35°57′32″N83°46′37″W / 35.958889°N 83.776944°W | Knoxville | 19th-century gristmill; overshot wheel still intact | |
97 | Riverdale School | March 14, 1997 (#97000243) | 7009 Thorngrove Pike 35°57′57″N83°45′11″W / 35.965833°N 83.753056°W | Knoxville | Built in 1938; designed by Barber & McMurry | |
98 | Ross Marble Quarry | March 26, 2014 (#14000086) | 2915 Island Home Ave. 35°56′53″N83°52′18″W / 35.948038°N 83.871562°W | Knoxville | Tennessee marble quarry | |
99 | Avery Russell House | June 5, 1975 (#75001759) | 11409 Kingston Pike 35°52′51″N84°09′41″W / 35.880833°N 84.161389°W | Farragut | Also known as the Martin-Russell House after its initial owner, Samuel Martin | |
100 | St. John's Lutheran Church | April 4, 1985 (#85000700) | 544 Broadway, NW. 35°58′26″N83°55′26″W / 35.973889°N 83.923889°W | Knoxville | Designed by R. F. Graf | |
101 | Savage House and Garden | October 17, 1997 (#97001230) | 3237 Garden Dr. 36°02′31″N83°55′38″W / 36.041944°N 83.927222°W | Knoxville | Japanese-style garden established c. 1915 in Knoxville's Fountain City community | |
102 | Seven Islands Methodist Church | March 18, 1997 (#97000244) | 8100 Seven Islands Rd. 35°57′05″N83°42′19″W / 35.951389°N 83.705278°W | Knoxville | Located in southeast Knox County near the Sevier County line; congregation founded in 1802, church built in the 1850s | |
103 | South Market Historic District | December 4, 1996 (#96001403) | 707, 709, and 713 Market St. and 404 and 406 Church Ave. 35°57′47″N83°54′27″W / 35.963056°N 83.9075°W | Knoxville | Includes the Cherokee Building (404 Church), the Ely (406 Church), the Cunningham (707 Market), the Stuart (709 Market), and the Cate (713 Market), all constructed c. 1895-1907 | |
104 | Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District | November 18, 1985 (#85002909) | Roughly bounded by Depot Ave., N. Central Ave., Sullivan St., S. Central Ave., Vine Ave., and N. and S. Gay St.; also 100 N. Broadway and 525 W. Jackson Ave. 35°58′10″N83°55′12″W / 35.969444°N 83.92°W | Knoxville | Part of this district overlaps with the Jackson Avenue Warehouse Historic District. Second set of addresses represents a boundary increase of March 10, 2004 | |
105 | Statesview | April 24, 1973 (#73001805) | 600 S Peters Rd, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Knoxville off U.S. Route 70 35°53′53″N84°04′22″W / 35.898056°N 84.072778°W | Knoxville | Built by early Knoxville architect Thomas Hope for surveyor Charles McClung | |
106 | Stratford | July 16, 2009 (#09000536) | 809 Dry Gap Pike 36°01′40″N83°58′24″W / 36.027722°N 83.973458°W | Knoxville | Built in 1910 by furniture magnate James G. Sterchi, designed by R.F. Graf; now an event center | |
107 | Talahi Improvements | December 26, 1979 (#79002447) | near the intersection of Cherokee Blvd and Talahi Dr 35°56′09″N83°57′37″W / 35.935833°N 83.960278°W | Knoxville | Late-1920s suburban development in the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood | |
108 | Tennessee School for the Deaf Historic District | December 4, 1996 (#96001401) | 2725 Island Home Boulevard 35°57′33″N83°52′46″W / 35.959167°N 83.879444°W | Knoxville | ||
109 | Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church | August 26, 1982 (#82003984) | 416 Lovenia Ave. 35°58′41″N83°55′18″W / 35.978056°N 83.921667°W | Knoxville | Now called the "Knoxville House of Faith"; home to a Pentecostal congregation | |
110 | Gen. Lawrence D. Tyson House | August 1, 2012 (#12000467) | 1609 Melrose Ave., University of Tennessee 35°57′21″N83°55′49″W / 35.955759°N 83.930184°W | Knoxville | Home of General Lawrence Tyson; built in 1890s, remodeled in 1907 by George Franklin Barber; now known as the Tyson Alumni House | |
111 | Tyson Junior High School | July 1, 1998 (#98000821) | 2607 Kingston Pike 35°57′08″N83°56′45″W / 35.952222°N 83.945833°W | Knoxville | Designed by Baumann & Baumann; now an office building | |
112 | U.T. Agriculture Farm Mound | March 30, 1978 (#78002603) | Junction of Chapman and Joe Johnson Drives on the University of Tennessee campus [6] 35°56′50″N83°56′24″W / 35.947222°N 83.940000°W | Knoxville | Late Woodland period mound built c. AD 1000. | |
113 | Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost | December 18, 2013 (#13000949) | Jct. of Sherwood Dr. & Westland Ave. 35°55′20″N83°59′57″W / 35.92213°N 83.99924°W | Knoxville | Part of the Knoxville and Knox County MPS; built in 1923 and designed by Charles I. Barber. | |
114 | Westwood | November 8, 1984 (#84000366) | 3425 Kingston Pike 35°56′55″N83°56′58″W / 35.948611°N 83.949444°W | Knoxville | Also known as the Adelia Armstrong Lutz House; designed by Baumann Brothers | |
115 | Gen. John T. Wilder House | November 24, 1997 (#97001463) | 2027 Riverside Dr. 35°57′59″N83°53′23″W / 35.966389°N 83.889722°W | Knoxville | Built in 1904 by General John T. Wilder | |
116 | Col. John Williams House | December 3, 1980 (#80003843) | 2325 Dandridge Ave. 35°58′17″N83°53′08″W / 35.971389°N 83.885556°W | Knoxville | Home of senator and diplomat John Williams |
[3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | Caswell-Taylor House | November 10, 1983 (#83004253) | August 1, 1986 | 803 N. Fourth St. | Knoxville | Damaged by fire; demolished; former home of Governor Robert Love Taylor | |
2 | Commerce Avenue Fire Hall | August 16, 1977 (#77001275) | August 31, 1977 | 201-205 Commerce Ave. 35°58′04″N83°55′06″W / 35.96782°N 83.91823°W | Knoxville | HABS TN-211 ; demolished | |
3 | Lebanon-in-the-Fork Presbyterian Church | May 27, 1975 (#75001764) | February 18, 1983 | Asbury Rd. | Knoxville | The church was the first Presbyterian church in Knox County, established in 1791 by Rev. Samuel Carrick. [7] Its building was destroyed in a 1981 fire. [8] The associated cemetery was relisted in 2010. [9] | |
4 | Thomas J. Walker House | April 1, 1998 (#98000279) | July 24, 2008 | 645 Mars Hill Road | Knoxville | Burned down in 2003 | |
5 | Isaac Ziegler House | May 2, 1975 (#75001765) | August 1, 1986 | 712 N. Fourth Ave. 35°58′43″N83°55′04″W / 35.9786°N 83.9178°W | Knoxville | Demolished. |
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third largest city after Nashville and Memphis. It is the principal city of the Knoxville metropolitan area, which had a population of 879,773 in 2020.
Farragut is a suburban town located in Knox and Loudon counties in the State of Tennessee, United States. The town's population was 23,506 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. The town is named in honor of Hispanic American and Union Admiral David Farragut, who was born just east of Farragut at Campbell's Station in 1801, and fought in the American Civil War.
James White was an American pioneer and soldier who founded Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early 1790s. Born in Rowan County, North Carolina, White served as a captain in the county's militia during the American Revolutionary War. In 1783, he led an expedition into the upper Tennessee Valley, where he discovered the future site of Knoxville. White served in various official capacities with the failed State of Franklin (1784–1788) before building James White's Fort in 1786. The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and White donated the land for a permanent city, Knoxville, in 1791. He represented Knox County at Tennessee's constitutional convention in 1796. During the Creek War (1813), White served as a brigadier general in the Tennessee militia.
Mechanicsville is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located northwest of the city's downtown area. One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Mechanicsville was established in the late 1860s for skilled laborers working in the many factories that sprang up along Knoxville's periphery. The neighborhood still contains a significant number of late-19th-century Victorian homes, and a notable concentration of early-20th-century shotgun houses. In 1980, several dozen properties in Mechanicsville were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Mechanicsville Historic District. The neighborhood was also designated as a local historic district in 1991, subject to historic zoning and design standards.
Sequoyah Hills is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, named for the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. It is located off Kingston Pike, between the city's downtown and West Knoxville. Initially developed in the 1920s, Sequoyah Hills was one of Knoxville's first suburbs and today is home to some of the city's most affluent residents. The neighborhood contains numerous notable examples of mid-20th century residential architecture, with houses designed by architects such as Charles I. Barber, Benjamin McMurry, and Francis Keally.
Concord is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, the Concord Village Historic District. The United States Geographic Names Information System classifies Concord as a populated place. It is located in western Knox County, east of Farragut and west of Knoxville. Mail destined for Concord is now addressed to Concord, Knoxville, or Farragut.
Statesview, or States View, is a historic house located on South Peters Road off Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1805 by early Knoxville architect Thomas Hope and rebuilt in 1823 following a fire, Statesview was originally the home of surveyor Charles McClung (1761–1835). Following McClung's death, newspaper publisher Frederick Heiskell (1786–1882) purchased the house and estate, which he renamed "Fruit Hill." The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and political significance.
Westwood is a historic home located at 3425 Kingston Pike at the edge of the Sequoyah Hills area of Knoxville, Tennessee. Also known as the Adelia Armstrong Lutz House, the house was built in 1890 by John Lutz and his wife, artist Adelia Armstrong Lutz, on land given to them by Adelia's father, Robert H. Armstrong. In 1984, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture.
The Old Customs House, also called the Old Post Office, is a historic building located at the corner of Clinch Avenue and Market Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Completed in 1874, it was the city's first federal building. It housed the federal courts, excise offices and post office until 1933. From 1936 to 1976, it was used by the Tennessee Valley Authority for offices. Expanded in 2004, the building is home to the East Tennessee History Center, which includes the Lawson McGhee Library's Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, the Knox County Archives, and the East Tennessee Historical Society's headquarters and museum. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance.
Kingston Pike is a highway in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, that connects Downtown Knoxville with West Knoxville, Farragut, and other communities in the western part of the county. The road follows a merged stretch of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) and US 70. From its initial construction in the 1790s until the development of the Interstate Highway System in the 1960s, Kingston Pike was the main traffic artery in western Knox County, and an important section of several cross-country highways. The road is now a major commercial corridor, containing hundreds of stores, restaurants, and other retail establishments.
South Knoxville is the section of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, that lies south of the Tennessee River. It is concentrated along Chapman Highway, Alcoa Highway, Maryville Pike, Sevierville Pike, and adjacent roads, and includes the neighborhoods of Lindbergh Forest, Island Home Park, Old Sevier, South Haven, Vestal, Lake Forest, South Woodlawn and Colonial Village. South Knoxville is connected to Downtown Knoxville via four vehicle bridges: the James C. Ford Memorial Bridge, the Gay Street Bridge, the Henley Bridge, by some incorrectly called the Henley Street Bridge, and the J. E. "Buck" Karnes Bridge. Parts of South Knoxville were annexed by Knoxville in 1917.
West Knoxville is a section of Knoxville, Tennessee, US. It west of the city's downtown area. It stretches from Sequoyah Hills on the east to the city's border with Farragut on the west. West Knoxville is concentrated around Kingston Pike (US-70/US-11), and along with Sequoyah Hills includes the neighborhoods of Lyons View, Forest Hills, Bearden, West Hills, Westmoreland Heights, Cedar Bluff, and Ebenezer.
Bearden, also known as Bearden Village, is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located along Kingston Pike in West Knoxville. Developed primarily as an agrarian community in the 19th century, this neighborhood now lies at the heart of one of Knoxville's major commercial corridors. Named for former Knoxville mayor and Tennessee state legislator, Marcus De Lafayette Bearden (1830–1885), the community was annexed by Knoxville in 1962.
Fort Sanders is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, located west of the downtown area and immediately north of the main campus of the University of Tennessee. Developed in the late 19th century as a residential area for Knoxville's growing upper and middle classes, the neighborhood now provides housing primarily for the university's student population. The neighborhood still contains a notable number of its original Victorian-era houses and other buildings, several hundred of which were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Fort Sanders Historic District.
Charles McClung was an American pioneer, politician, and surveyor best known for drawing up the original plat of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1791. While Knoxville has since expanded to many times its original size, the city's downtown area still roughly follows McClung's 1791 grid. McClung also helped draft Tennessee's constitution in 1796, surveyed and planned what is now Kingston Pike in 1792, and served as Knox County's first court clerk. His home, Statesview, still stands in West Knoxville, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Gay Street is a street in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, that traverses the heart of the city's downtown area. Since its development in the 1790s, Gay Street has served as the city's principal financial and commercial thoroughfare, and has played a primary role in the city's historical and cultural development. The street contains Knoxville's largest office buildings and oldest commercial structures. Several buildings on Gay Street have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Baumann family was a family of American architects who practiced in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the surrounding region, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It included Joseph F. Baumann (1844–1920), his brother, Albert B. Baumann, Sr. (1861–1942), and Albert's son, Albert B. Baumann, Jr. (1897–1952). Buildings designed by the Baumanns include the Mall Building (1875), the Church of the Immaculate Conception (1886), Minvilla (1913), the Andrew Johnson Building (1930), and the Knoxville Post Office (1934).
Charles Ives Barber was an American architect, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, and vicinity, during the first half of the 20th century. He was cofounder of the firm, Barber & McMurry, through which he designed or codesigned buildings such as the Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the General Building, and the Knoxville YMCA, as well as several campus buildings for the University of Tennessee and numerous elaborate houses in West Knoxville. Several buildings designed by Barber have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The History of Knoxville, Tennessee, began with the establishment of James White's Fort on the Trans-Appalachian frontier in 1786. The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and the city, named for Secretary of War Henry Knox, was platted the following year. Knoxville became the first capital of the State of Tennessee in 1796, and grew steadily during the early 19th century as a way station for westward-bound migrants and as a commercial center for nearby mountain communities. The arrival of the railroad in the 1850s led to a boom in the city's population and commercial activity.
Adelia Armstrong Lutz was an American artist active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She organized art circles in Knoxville, Tennessee, as director of the Knoxville Art Club and as a co-organizer of the Nicholson Art League. Her still lifes and portraits were exhibited throughout the American South, and they are to be the subject of a permanent exhibit at her former home, Historic Westwood.