Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Tennessee - Knox County
Knox County Tennessee (Page 3) has 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include St. John's Lutheran Church, Ramsey House, U. T. Agriculture Farm Mound and Williams, Col. John, House and Ossoli Circle Clubhouse.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Woodland Period and Hamilton Focus dating back to 500.

Many famous people are associated with these Knox County historic places including John Williams, Francis Alexander Ramsey, Gen. John T. Wilder, James Gilbert Sterchi, Charles McClung and Samuel Martin.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Knox County places including Thomas Hope, Melinda White Williams, Baumann & Baumann, George F. Barber, A. J. Cloud, Worsham Bros., Frank P. Milburn, A.H. Whisman, Public Works Administration and Barber & McMurray. Prominent architectural styles found in Knox Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Federal.

Ossoli Circle Clubhouse (added 1985 - - #85000620)
2511 W. Cumberland Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cox,Sherman, Barber,Charles I.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
Park City Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001578)
Also known as Parkridge/East Fifth Ave.
Roughly bounded by Washington Ave., Cherry St., Woodbine Ave., Beaman St., Magnolia Ave. and Winona St. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Barber,George F.
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Park City Junior High School (added 1983 - - #83003045)
Also known as Park Junior High School
523 Bertrand St. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ittner,William B., Baumann,Albert B., Jr.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Park, James, House (added 1972 - - #72001242)
422 W. Cumberland Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Peters House (added 1999 - - #99000364)
Also known as Kilgore, Chester, House, White Columns;Peters, George W., House
1319 Grainger Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Barber, George F.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Racheff, Ivan, House (added 2002 - - #02000810)
Also known as Knoxville Iron Works Office
1943 Tennessee Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Racheff, Ivan
Significant Year:
1947
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Ramsey House (added 1969 - - #69000180)
Also known as Swan Pond
SE of Knoxville on Thorngrove Pike , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hope,Thomas
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Ramsey,Francis Alexander,et al.
Significant Year:
1797
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Riverdale Historic District (added 1997 - - #94001258)
Also known as See also:Riverdale Mill
6145 and 6603 Thorngrove Pike and 6802 Hodges Ferry Rd. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Other, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Riverdale Mill (added 1987 - - #87000464)
Also known as Kennedy Mill;Pickle Mill;Fraser Mill
Wayland Rd. and Thorngrove Pike , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Riverdale School (added 1997 - - #97000243)
7009 Thorngrove Pike , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Public Works Administration, Barber & McMurray
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ross Marble Quarry (added 2014 - - #14000086)
Knoxville, Knoxville
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Russell, Avery, House (added 1975 - - #75001759)
11409 Kingston Pike , Farragut
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Martin,Samuel,et al.
Significant Year:
1835, 1863
Area of Significance:
Military, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Russell, Avery, House (Boundary Decrease) (added 1993 - - #93001387)
11409 Kingston Pike , Farragut
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Martin, Samuel et al
Significant Year:
1835, 1863
Area of Significance:
Military, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Savage House and Garden (added 1997 - - #97001230)
3237 Garden Dr. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ault, Mr., et al., Savage, Arthur
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Seven Islands Methodist Church (added 1997 - - #97000244)
Also known as Seven Islands Community Church;Historic Sites Survey No. 282
8100 Seven Islands Rd. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
South Market Historic District (added 1996 - - #96001403)
707, 709 and 713 Market St. and 404 and 406 Church Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office, Professional, Single Dwelling
Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District (added 1985 - - #85002909)
Also known as See Also:Jackson Avenue Warehouse District;Jackson Avenue Wa
Roughly bounded by Depot Ave., N. Central Ave. and Sullivan St. and S. Central Ave., Vine Ave., and N. and S. Gay St. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Milburn,Frank P.
Architectural Style:
Chicago, Classical Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Rail-Related, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2004 - - #04000153)
Also known as KN.1118, KN.127
100 N Broadway and 525 W. Jackson Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
St. John's Lutheran Church (added 1985 - - #85000700)
544 Broadway, NW , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Graf,Richard F.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Statesview (added 1973 - - #73001805)
About 10 mi. SW of Knoxville off U.S. 70 , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
McClung,Charles
Significant Year:
1823, 1796, 1800
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Stratford (added 2009 - - #09000536)
Also known as Sterchi Mansion
809 Dry Gap Pike , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Graf, Richard Franklin
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Sterchi, James Gilbert
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Talahi Improvements (added 1979 - - #79002447)
Off U.S. 129 , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Foust,Robert L.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Historic Person:
Foust,Robert L.
Significant Year:
1929
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Road-Related, Street Furniture/Object, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Pedestrian Related, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Tennessee School for the Deaf Historic District (added 1996 - - #96001401)
Also known as Island Home;KN. 987--993
2725 Island Home Blvd. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Marr, Thomas S.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, School
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1982 - - #82003984)
Also known as Knoxville House of Faith
416 Lovenia Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cloud,A. J.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Tyson Junior High School (added 1998 - - #98000821)
Also known as Tyson Middle School
2607 Kingston Pike , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Worsham Bros., Baumann & Baumann
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Tyson, Gen. Lawrence D., House (added 2012 - - #12000467)
1609 Melrose Ave., University of Tennesse, Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Tyson, General Lawrence D.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
U. T. Agriculture Farm Mound (added 1978 - - #78002603)
Also known as 40 KN 16
Address Restricted , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Woodland Period, Hamilton Focus
Period of Significance:
1000-500 AD
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
REMOVED
Walker, Thomas J., House (added 2008 - - #98000279)
645 Mars Hill Rd. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Westmoreland Water Wheel and Gatepost (added 2013 - - #13000949)
Jct. of Sherwood Dr. & Westland Ave., Knoxville
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Westwood (added 1984 - - #84000366)
Also known as Adelia Armstrong Lutz House
3425 Kingston Pike , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baumann & Baumann
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Lutz,Adelia Armstrong
Significant Year:
1890
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Wilder, Gen. John T., House (added 1997 - - #97001463)
2027 Riverside Dr. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Wilder, Gen. John T.
Area of Significance:
Industry, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Williams, Col. John, House (added 1980 - - #80003843)
Also known as Sertoma Learning Center
2325 Dandridge Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Williams,Melinda White
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Williams,John
Significant Year:
1883, 1815, 1826
Area of Significance:
Black, Education, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
School
REMOVED
Zeigler, Isaac, House (added 1986 - - #75001765)
712 N. Fourth Ave. , Knoxville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Barber,George F.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling

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