Tennessee - Carter County
Carter County Tennessee has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Sycamore Shoals, Carter, John and Landon, House and Sabine Hill, Brooks, Rueben, Farmstead and Carriger-Cowan House.

Several famous people are associated with these Carter County historic places including Landon Carter, Gen. Nathanial Taylor, Alfred Alexander Taylor and John T. Wilder.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Carter County places including John Carter, unknown, C.A. & Son Morrison, Charles Hendrix, James A. Wetmore, Henry Range and Michael Carriger. Prominent architectural styles found in Carter Country are Italianate, Classical Revival and Early Republic.

Brooks, Rueben, Farmstead (added 2001 - - #01000344)
Also known as Brooks--Schumaier Farm
1548 Blue Springs Rd. , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hendrix, Charles
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Carriger-Cowan House (added 1979 - - #79002415)
E of Saim , Siam
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carriger,Michael
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Carter, John and Landon, House (added 1972 - - #72001230)
Also known as Mansion
E. Broad St. , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Carter,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Carter,Landon,et al.
Significant Year:
1780, 1772, 1778
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Elizabethton Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001754)
Bounded roughly by 2nd, 4th, East, and Sycamore Sts. , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Taylor,Alfred Alexander,et al.
Significant Year:
1772
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Professional, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Monument/Marker, Professional, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Hunt, Henson, House (added 1979 - - #79002414)
Brookdale Rd. , Johnson City
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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:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Miller Farmstead (added 2014 - - #14000449)
Dave Miller Hollow Rd., Roan Mountain
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Range, Henry, House (added 1991 - - #82003956)
Also known as Dulaney Cabin
S of Watauga on Smallings Rd. , Watauga
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Range,Henry
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Renfro--Allen Farm (added 1996 - - #96000333)
Judge Ben Allen Rd., NE of Elizabethton , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Sabine Hill (added 1973 - - #73001755)
Also known as Happy Valley;Watauga Point
Off TN 67 , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Early Republic
Historic Person:
Taylor,Gen. Nathanial
Significant Year:
1815, 1796, 1804
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
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
Shelving Rock Encampment (added 2009 - - #09000533)
Also known as Resting Place
TN 143 and Smith Branch Rd. , Roan Mountain
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Simerly--Butler House (added 1996 - - #96001315)
Also known as Albermarle;Simerly,Elijah,House;Harris,Nathaniel E.,House
206 Main St. , Hampton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Sycamore Shoals (added 1966 - - #66000721)
Also known as Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga;Sycamore Shoals State Park
2 mi. W of Elizabethton on the Watauga River , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Native American, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Government, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
U.S. Post Office (added 1983 - - #83003024)
Also known as Main Post Office
201-203 N. Sycamore St. , Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wetmore,James A., Morrison,C.A. & Son
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
Watauga Hydroelectric Project (added 2017 - - #100001463)
774 Wilbur Dam Road, Elizabethton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1942-1965 AD, 1942-1949 AD
Wilder, John T., House (added 1986 - - #86000400)
Also known as C.R. Graybeal House
202 Main St. , Roan Mountain
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Historic Person:
Wilder,John T.
Significant Year:
1884
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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