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Sparta Rock House Photo

 Sparta Rock House
Sparta Rock House photo - picture in Sparta, White County, Tennessee
 
The Sparta Rock House is a stone building near Sparta, Tennessee, United States, that once served as a rest stop and tollhouse. Built in the late 1830s, the Rock House catered to traffic along an important wagon road between Knoxville and Nashville, offering badly needed lodging and supplies to travellers who had just crossed (or were about to cross, depending on their direction) the rugged Cumberland Plateau..
 
 
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                       Last updated: Jan 10 2021 21:08:56   Latitude & Longitude:
35° 55' 12.981972",
-85° 24' 12.984228"