Tennessee - Monroe County
Monroe County Tennessee has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 10 places of National significance. Significant places include Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites, Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites (Boundary Decrease), Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites (Boundary Increase), Citico Site and Cooke--Kefauver House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Overhill Cherokee, Dallas Phase, Late Mississipian, Middle Archaic, Middle Woodland and Early Archaic dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Monroe County historic places including Dragging Canoe et al., Elisha Johnson, Charles A. Scott and William Jasper Fowler.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Monroe County places including Capt. Raymond Demere, Bowman, William J. Fowler, C.L. Water, Biney Young, Gaylon Seldon Co., Bauman Brothers and Co., I.V. Karpov and unknown. Prominent architectural styles found in Monroe Country are Federal, Classical Revival and Gothic Revival.

Calderwood Dam (added 1989 - - #89001069)
Tennessee River at end of Calderwood Rd. , Calderwood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Karpov,I.V.
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites (added 1973 - - #73001813)
Also known as See Also:Chota and Tanasi Village Sites (Boundary Decrease);
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Military, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites (Boundary Decrease) (added 1978 - - #73002269)
Also known as Chota-Tenasi Site;40MR2;40MR62;See Also:Chota and Tenasi Che
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Military, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites (Boundary Increase) (added 1978 - - #78003410)
Also known as Chota-Tenasi Site;40MR2;40MR62;See Also:Chota and Tanasi Vil
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Military, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Citico Site (added 1978 - - #78002614)
Also known as 40MR7
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Dallas Phase, Late Mississipian, Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Cooke--Kefauver House (added 1988 - - #74001921)
Kefauver Lane , Madisonville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
First Presbyterian Church (added 2001 - - #01000772)
601 Church St. , Sweetwater
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Young, Biney, Bowman
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Fort Loudoun (added 1966 - - #66000729)
U.S. 411 , Vonore
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Native American, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
Fowler, William J., Mill and House (added 1983 - - #83003057)
Sweetwater Rd. , Eve Mills
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fowler,William J.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Fowler,William Jasper
Significant Year:
1875
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Icehouse Bottom Site (added 1978 - - #78002615)
Also known as 40MR23
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Archaic, Middle Woodland, Early Archaic
Period of Significance:
7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1950-1974, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Johnson, Elisha, Mansion (added 1974 - - #74001923)
Ballplay Rd. , Tellico Plains
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Johnson,Elisha
Significant Year:
1841
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
McCroskey, John, House (added 2000 - - #00000125)
Also known as Glen, Glenloch
3224 Sweetwater-Vonore Rd. , Sweetwater
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
McGhee Mansion (added 1986 - - #74001924)
E of Vonore on Fort Loudoun Rd. , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mialoquo Site (added 1978 - - #78002616)
Also known as 40MR3
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person
Historic Person:
Dragging Canoe et al.
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Military, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Monroe County Courthouse (added 1995 - - #95000341)
Town Sq. , Madisonville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gaylon Seldon Co., Bauman Brothers and Co.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
Owen, Charles, House (added 1998 - - #98000875)
Also known as Boyd, H.T., House;Owen-Boyd House
1019 Mayes St. , Sweetwater
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Federal, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Scott Mansion (added 1993 - - #92001816)
Scott Mansion Rd., about 1 1/4 mi. E of TN 68 , Tellico Plains
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Water,C.L.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Scott,Charles A.
Significant Year:
1908, 1912
Area of Significance:
Education, Agriculture, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Stickley House (added 1974 - - #74001922)
Also known as The Cannon House
W of jct. of U.S. 411 and TN 68 , Madisonville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Tellico Blockhouse Site (added 1975 - - #75001771)
2 mi. E of Vonore off TN 72 , Vonore
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Cultural Affiliation:
American
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Military Facility
Current Function:
Unknown
Tellico Iron Works (added 1996 - - #96001316)
Also known as Tellico Manufacturing;TellicoSlate and Iron;See Also:The Man
Address Restricted , Tellico Plains
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
19th C. Anglo-American
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Tomotley Site (added 1978 - - #78002617)
Also known as 40MR5
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
Toqua Site (added 1978 - - #78002618)
Also known as 40MR6
Address Restricted , Vonore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Dallas Phase, Late Mississipian, Overhill Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Unknown
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