Tennessee - Greene County
Greene County Tennessee has 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Greeneville Historic District and Tusculum College Historic District, Brown-Neas House and Bulls Gap Fortification.

Several famous people are associated with these Greene County historic places including Andrew Johnson, David Rankin, Marion Decatur Taylor and Samuel Doak.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Greene County places including War Department, Sullivan,Louis H., et al., Steel and Lebby Bridge Co., John Mauris, Seth Smith and Southern Railway. Prominent architectural styles found in Greene Country are Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival.

Allen--Birdwell Farm (added 2011 - - #11000088)
3005 W Allen's Bridge Rd, Greeneville
Kwiltinfool, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000073)
Depot and College Sts. , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
War Department
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Johnson,Andrew
Significant Year:
1875, 1830, 1831
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Social History, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Institutional Housing, Monument/Marker, Museum, Park, Street Furniture/Object
Blue Springs Lutheran Church and Cemetery (added 2017 - - #100001824)
920 Main Street, Mosheim
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1838-1893 AD
Brown-Neas House (added 1984 - - #84000374)
Old Johnson City Rd. , Afton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Bulls Gap Fortification (added 1998 - - #98001211)
Address Restricted , Bulls Gap
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Civil War
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Forest, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Forest, Single Dwelling
Chuckey Depot (added 1979 - - #79002432)
SR 2391 , Chuckey
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Southern Railway
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Conway Bridge (added 2009 - - #09000948)
Also known as Nolichucky River Bridge; Bridge at Bird Hill;, Birds Hill Bridge; Bridge at Conway Ferry
Briar Thicket Rd./ Knob Creek Rd. over the Nolichucky River , Briar Thicket
PancakeNinja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Steel and Lebby Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Doak, Samuel, House (added 1975 - - #75001755)
2.5 mi. E of Greeneville on U.S. 11 , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Doak,Samuel
Significant Year:
1818
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Earnest Farms Historic District (added 2002 - - #01001449)
S of Nolichucky R., bounded by Crum Farm and Jim Earnest Farmstead , Chuckey
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Federal, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage
Greeneville Historic District (added 1974 - - #74001913)
Roughly bounded by Irish, Nelson, E. Church, College and McKee Sts. , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Johnson,Andrew
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Lowry, James, House (added 1982 - - #82003972)
Also known as Harrison House
Asheville Hwy. , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Art, 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
Maden Hall Farm (added 2009 - - #09000667)
Also known as Ross, William, Farm; Ross, Millie, Farm; King, Robert & Mona, Coffman, Leonard & Jennie; Ross-Coffman; Fermanaugh; GN.66
3225 Kingsport Highway , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown, Multiple
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Horticulture Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Horticulture Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Mauris-Earnest Fort House (added 1978 - - #78002591)
Also known as Earnest
S of Chuckey on Nolichucky River , Chuckey
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mauris,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
New Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church (added 1978 - - #78002592)
NW of Greeneville on TN 70 , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Rankin, David, House (added 1983 - - #83003035)
Snapp's Ferry Rd. , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Rankin,David
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, 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
Ripley Stone House (added 1978 - - #78002590)
E of Afton off U.S. 11 , Afton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Seth
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:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Tusculum College Historic District (added 1980 - - #80003800)
U.S. 11 and TN 107 , Tusculum
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sullivan,Louis H., et al.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1924, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Wayside (added 2007 - - #84003543)
Also known as Rufus Taylor House
E of Greeneville off US 411 , Greeneville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Taylor,Marion Decatur,et al.
Significant Year:
1906, 1840, 1889
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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