Adair Gardens Historic DistrictAdair Gardens Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Airplane Service StationAirplane Service Station is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Andrew Johnson HotelThe Andrew Johnson Building is a high-rise office building in downtown Knoxville. Built in 1930... [click for more]
Archibald RoaneA short distance north lived Archibald Roane, Continental soldier, frontier judge and the second governor of Tennessee. He is buried in Pleasant Fores... [click for more]
Ball CampAbout 3 miles NW, on Plumb Creek, Nicholas Ball, trapper and Long Hunter, established a camp which was used by westbound emigrants. Several years afte... [click for more]
Battery WiltsieA large Federal earthwork was located back of Vine Avenue between Gay and Walnut Streets when Gen. James Longstreet besieged Knoxville, Nov. 17- Dec. ... [click for more]
Battle of Campbell’s StationThe Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside, pursued by Gen. James Longstreet from Lenoir's Station via Concord, eluded an attempt by Gen. Lafayette McLaws, C.S... [click for more]
Birthplace of Admiral FarragutBirthplace of
Admiral Farragut
Born July 5th 1801
Erected by
Bonny Kate Chapter
D. A. R. K... [click for more]
Blount MansionBuilt in 1792, this was one of the first frame houses west of the Alleghenies. It served as both the residence of William Blount, Governor of the Terr... [click for more]
Burnsides’s HeadquartersSite of John H. Crozier home, headquarters of Major General Ambrose Burnside, U.S.A., siege of Knoxville, November, 1863. ... [click for more]
Burwell Building Tennessee TheaterBurwell Building Tennessee Theater is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Campbell StationThis house marks the site of the station established in 1787 by Col. David Campbell as a frontier fort for protection against Indian attacks. On the m... [click for more]
Candoro Marble WorksCandoro Marble Works is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Carmichael’s TavernAlexander Carmichael had an inn here during the days of the Territory of the South of the River Ohio, as well during the early days of Tennessee's sta... [click for more]
Cavett’s StationAbout 1/2 mile north was this early fortified settlement. Here on Sept 25, 1793, Alexander Cavett and 12 other settlers were massacred by a Cherokee w... [click for more]
Cherokee HeightsCherokee Heights, across the river, was seized by Gen. James Longstreet, CSA., Nov. 23, 1863, in order to bombard the Federal Fort Sanders, 2400 yards... [click for more]
Chisholm TavernNear here
Historic Chisholm Tavern
Erected 1790's
Sheltered many important
pioneers and explorers
who assisted in the fo... [click for more]
Christenberry Club RoomChristenberry Club Room is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Civil War HospitalThis building was used as a hospital for Confederate forces from their occupation of Knoxville until September, 1863; thereafter similarly by the Fede... [click for more]
Civil War KnoxvilleWhat Brought the Armies of the Blue and the Gray to Knoxville?
Knoxville was a pro-Confederate town of some 3700 persons when Tennessee s... [click for more]
Commemorating the Treaty of Holstonsigned by Gov. Wm. Blount and forty one Cherokee Chiefs and Warriors, on the site of the home of Gov. Blount, corner of Hill Ave. and State Street, Kn... [click for more]
Confederate CemeteryDuring the Confederate War, 1861-65, more than 1600 Confederate soldiers and about 50 Federal prisoners were buried here. About 20 Confederate veteran... [click for more]
Cowan, McClung and Company BuildingCowan, McClung and Company Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
David Glasgow Farragut ~ 1801-1870 A native of Stony Point (Low's Ferry) David Farragut moved to New Orleans at the age of three. At the age of ten, he began a career with the U.S. Nav... [click for more]
East End of Federal LinesBurnside's eastern entrenchments in the defense of Knoxville, Nov. 17-Dec. 4, 1863, were anchored here on the river. His first line ran northeasterly ... [click for more]
Ebenezer MillEbenezer Mill is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Emory Place Historic DistrictEmory Place Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Fire Station No. 5Fire Station No. 5 is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Forest Hills Boulevard Historic DistrictForest Hills Boulevard Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Fort AdairEstablished in 1788, this fort was used as a depot of supplies for the Cumberland Guard, the militia organization which supplied armed protection for ... [click for more]
Fort ByingtonThe Hill, dear to University of Tennessee alumni, was protected by a battery of Federal cannon and a brigade of infantry during Longstreet's ... [click for more]
Fort Dickerson (2)Linking with other hills south of the river, this Union position was a major factor in the defense of Knoxville. Occupied on Nov. 1, 1862, by the 2nd ... [click for more]
Fort Dickerson 1863?64Fort Dickerson was one of the sixteen Federal forts and battery emplacements constructed around Knoxville during the Civil War. Temporary earthworks w... [click for more]
Fort Dickerson ~ 1863Fort Dickerson
Civil War Earthen Fort
?1863?
- One of sixteen Union Army ... [click for more]
Fort Dickerson This Federal work was a major factor in the defense of Knoxville against Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assault in November, 1863. The fort and neighboring hi... [click for more]
Fort Huntingdon SmithA large Federal earthwork fronting 150 yards on Welcker Avenue, occupied the site of the Green School, commanding the valley to the north. During the ... [click for more]
Fort SandersFort Sanders, a bastioned earthwork on the ridge two blocks nore of here, was the scene of Gen. James Longstreet's unsuccessful assault upon the Feder... [click for more]
Forts Dickerson and StanleyFort Dickerson to the west and Fort Stanley to the east were the center two of four fortified heights held by the Federals south of the river during t... [click for more]
Fourth and Gill Historic DistrictFourth and Gill Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Gay Street Commercial Historic DistrictGay Street Commercial Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
General BuildingGeneral Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
General Clifton Bledsoe CatesGeneral
Clifton Bledsoe Cates
1893-1970
United States Marine Corps
Born in Cates Landing... [click for more]
Gibbs Drive Historic DistrictGibbs Drive Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Holston National BankHolston National Bank is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
James Rufus AgeeBorn in Knoxville November 27, 1909, Agee was well-known and respected in the fields of journalism, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and film. He won a Pu... [click for more]
John Sevier FarmsteadMarble Springs was the farmstead of John Sevier. Tennessee's first governor (1796?1801 and 1803?1809). While Sevier used the farm as a retreat where h... [click for more]
Kingston Pike Historic DistrictKingston Pike Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
KnollwoodKnollwood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Knoxville National CemeteryKnoxville National Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesCivil War Era National Cemeteries MPS... [click for more]
Knoxville Post OfficeKnoxville Post Office is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Knoxville YMCA BuildingKnoxville YMCA Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Lindbergh Forest Historic DistrictLindbergh Forest Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Longstreet’s HeadquartersBleak House, the home of Robert Houston Armstrong, was used as the headquarters of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet and Major Gen. Lafayette McLaws, CSA, dur... [click for more]
Louisville and Nashville Freight DepotLouisville and Nashville Freight Depot is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Louisville and Nashville Passenger StationLouisville and Nashville Passenger Station is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
LovevilleRobertus Love, a companion of Gen. James White, who founded Knoxville, established the village in this area in 1797, where he had built a fulling mill... [click for more]
Mall BuildingMall Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Marble SpringsMarble Springs is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Market Square Commercial Historic DistrictMarket Square Commercial Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Mechanics’ Bank and Trust Company BuildingMechanics' Bank and Trust Company Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Mechanicsville Historic DistrictMechanicsville Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Mecklenberg PlaceOn this site stood the home of Dr. James Gettys McGready Ramsey, physician, civic leader, statesman and author of the Annals of Tennessee, wh... [click for more]
Medical Arts BuildingMedical Arts Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
MiddlebrookMiddlebrook is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Odd Fellows CemeteryThis cemetery was established in 1880 by the Banner Lodge Chapter of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order. The cemetery was enlarged by the Daughters of Zi... [click for more]
Old Grey CemeteryOld Gray Cemetery, incorporates in 1850, is the resting place of William G. Brownlow, Tennessee Governor and U.S. Senator, as well as two other U.S. S... [click for more]
Old Knoxville City HallOld Knoxville City Hall is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Old MechanicsvilleFounded by Negro settlers and Welsh immigrants, Mechanicsville became a thriving community whose 2,000 citizens were annexed to the city in 1883. The ... [click for more]
Old North Knoxville Historic DistrictOld North Knoxville Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Old Post Office BuildingOld Post Office Building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Park City Historic DistrictPark City Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Riverdale Historic DistrictRiverdale Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
Riverdale MillRiverdale Mill is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
Sam RayburnWas born 1 mile N. of this place on Jan. 6, 1882. In 1887 he moved to Texas with his parents, W.M. and Martha Waller Rayburn. He was a member of Congr... [click for more]
Site of Fort AdairSite of
Fort Adair
Build in 1788 by
John Adair
Revolutionary Soldier
Used as depot ... [click for more]
Site of Union Pontoon BridgeA pontoon bridge at the foot of Central Avenue enabled Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, U.S.A., to hold the heights on the south side of the river during t... [click for more]
South Market Historic DistrictSouth Market Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesKnoxville and Knox County MPS... [click for more]
States’ ViewOne mile south, Charles McClung erected his brick home about 1806. McClung laid out the city of Knoxville in 1791 on the site of White's Fort, was on ... [click for more]
Staub’s TheatreBuilt on this spot by Peter Staub, native of Switzerland, and opened October 1, 1872. In excellence and popularity it rivaled theatres of New Orleans ... [click for more]
Stone’s TavernHere in 1793 John Stone had a tavern, largest of five operating in Knoxville. Knox Counties first court met here. It was superseded by Schubert's Hote... [click for more]
Talahi ImprovementsTalahi Improvements is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
The 1863 Siege of KnoxvilleThe 1863 Siege of Knoxville
Fortifications and Battle Sites
Introduction
After... [click for more]
The Assault Upon Fort SandersFour brigades of infantry, Gen. James Longstreet's First Corps, emerging from the declivity to the north, made a bayonet charge upon the Federal Fort ... [click for more]
Thomas William Humes (1815-1892)Humes was educated at East Tennessee University, Knoxville, and Princeton Theological Seminary. A staunch Unionist, he wrote The Loyal Mountaineers, a... [click for more]
Treaty of the Holston250 yards east, near the mouth of First Creek, William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio, on July 2, 1791, signed a treaty wit... [click for more]
West Wing of Federal LinesThe west wing of Burnside's entrenchments in the Federal defense of Knoxville, Nov. 17-Dec. 4, 1863 was anchored here on the river. His line ran north... [click for more]
WestwoodWestwood is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
White’s MillA small tub-mill off First Creek, nearby, for grinding corn, was the first industrial establishment in this region. It was built by Gen. James White i... [click for more]
William Blount MansionWilliam Blount Mansion is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]
William Francis YardleyBorn in Knox County in 1844, he taught school and began the study of law in the late 1860s. In 1873, he was the first African American in Knoxville to... [click for more]
William G. Parson BrownlowBorn in Wythe County, Va., Aug. 29, 1805, Methodist Circuit Rider, Editor of the Knoxville Whig, 1849-61, staunch Unionist, Reconstruction Governor of... [click for more]
