National Register of Historic Places listings in Blount County, Tennessee
Location of Blount County in Tennessee
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blount County, Tennessee.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]
There are 75 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another 4 properties were previously listed but have been removed.
| Anderson – Bedford – Benton – Bledsoe – Blount – Bradley – Campbell – Cannon – Carroll – Carter – Cheatham – Chester – Claiborne – Clay – Cocke – Coffee – Crockett – Cumberland – Davidson – Decatur – DeKalb – Dickson – Dyer – Fayette – Fentress – Franklin – Gibson – Giles – Grainger – Greene – Grundy – Hamblen – Hamilton – Hancock – Hardeman – Hardin – Hawkins – Haywood – Henderson – Henry – Hickman – Houston – Humphreys – Jackson – Jefferson – Johnson – Knox – Lake – Lauderdale – Lawrence – Lewis – Lincoln – Loudon – Macon – Madison – Marion – Marshall – Maury – McMinn – McNairy – Meigs – Monroe – Montgomery – Moore – Morgan – Obion – Overton – Perry – Pickett – Polk – Putnam – Rhea – Roane – Robertson – Rutherford – Scott – Sequatchie – Sevier – Shelby – Smith – Stewart – Sullivan – Sumner – Tipton – Trousdale – Unicoi – Union – Van Buren – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Weakley – White – Williamson – Wilson |
- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 11, 2022.[2]
Current listings[]
| [3] | Name on the Register[4] | Image | Date listed[5] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Alexander House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000864) |
714 Hillside Ave. 35°45′15″N 83°57′35″W / 35.754167°N 83.959722°W | Maryville | Built in 1906 by Maryville College alumnus John Alexander |
| 2 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000865) |
Maryville College campus 35°45′01″N 83°57′55″W / 35.750278°N 83.965278°W | Maryville | Gymnasium built in 1923 | |
| 3 | Anderson Hall |  |
February 20, 1975 (#75001732) |
Maryville College campus 35°45′08″N 83°57′54″W / 35.752222°N 83.965°W | Maryville | |
| 4 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000866) |
315 High St. 35°45′20″N 83°58′02″W / 35.755556°N 83.967222°W | Maryville | ||
| 5 | Bethlehem Methodist Church |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000867) |
Bethlehem Rd., 0.5 miles south of Ellejoy Rd. 35°47′17″N 83°48′43″W / 35.788056°N 83.811944°W | Wildwood | |
| 6 | July 25, 1989 (#89000868) |
Brick Mill Rd. 35°39′30″N 84°06′21″W / 35.658333°N 84.105833°W | Maryville | |||
| 7 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000869) |
Wears Valley Rd., 0.1 miles west of Bonner Hollow Rd. 35°41′25″N 83°42′33″W / 35.690278°N 83.709167°W | Townsend | ||
| 8 | Cades Cove Historic District |  |
July 13, 1977 (#77000111) |
10 miles southwest of Townsend in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 35°35′13″N 83°48′54″W / 35.586944°N 83.815°W | Townsend | |
| 9 | Calderwood Dam |  |
August 21, 1989 (#89001069) |
Little Tennessee River at the end of Calderwood Rd. 35°29′32″N 83°58′58″W / 35.492222°N 83.982778°W | Calderwood | Extends into Monroe County. The dam was listed in 1989; boundaries were increased on July 3, 1990 to include the powerhouse, valve house, tunnels, and penstocks. |
| 10 | Calderwood Hydroelectric Development |  |
May 24, 2004 (#04000545) |
314 Growdon Boulevard 35°29′56″N 83°59′15″W / 35.498889°N 83.9875°W | Calderwood | This is a supplementary listing to the Calderwood Dam entry that added the complex's gatehouse, gantry cranes, surge tank, chlorination building, and service building, as well as a theater and school once used by the old Calderwood community. |
| 11 | Chilhowee Hydroelectric Development |  |
May 27, 2004 (#04000546) |
6102 State Route 129 35°32′45″N 84°03′00″W / 35.545833°N 84.05°W | Tallassee | |
| 12 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000870) |
Sixmile Rd., 0.4 miles east of Knob Creek Rd. 35°38′15″N 84°00′04″W / 35.6375°N 84.001111°W | Maryville | ||
| 13 | Clover Hill Mill |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000871) |
Junction of Mill Rd. and Clover Hill Rd. 35°42′15″N 84°03′01″W / 35.704167°N 84.050278°W | Maryville | |
| 14 | Cloyd's Creek Presbyterian Church |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000873) |
Junction of Buzzard's Roost Rd. and Kirk Rd. 35°41′52″N 84°09′37″W / 35.697778°N 84.160278°W | Friendsville | The church was established in 1871, and the current building was completed the following year |
| 15 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000872) |
Binfield Rd., 0.2 miles north of Clover Hill Rd. 35°41′51″N 84°03′53″W / 35.6975°N 84.064722°W | Maryville | ||
| 16 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000874) |
Marmor Rd., 0.5 miles south of Miser Station Rd. 35°46′25″N 84°06′33″W / 35.773611°N 84.109167°W | Friendsville | Early-20th century Tennessee pink marble quarry | |
| 17 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000875) |
Maryville College campus 35°45′04″N 83°57′41″W / 35.751111°N 83.961389°W | Maryville | ||
| 18 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000876) |
Junction of River Rd. and Davis Ford Rd. 35°46′19″N 83°51′01″W / 35.771944°N 83.850278°W | Walland | ||
| 19 |  |
August 31, 1989 (#89001217) |
201 E. Broadway 35°45′24″N 83°58′15″W / 35.756667°N 83.970833°W | Maryville | Post office and federal building constructed under the supervision of James A. Wetmore | |
| 20 | A.J. Fisher House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000877) |
Old Walland Highway 35°43′48″N 83°48′50″W / 35.73°N 83.813889°W | Walland | |
| 21 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000878) |
Junction of Marble Hill Rd. and Big Springs Rd. 35°44′24″N 84°06′59″W / 35.74°N 84.116389°W | Friendsville | Late-18th century house built of locally-quarried dark marble | |
| 22 | Friends Church |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000879) |
314 W. Broadway 35°45′11″N 83°58′25″W / 35.753056°N 83.973611°W | Maryville | |
| 23 | Samuel George House |  |
January 27, 1982 (#82003952) |
Northeast of Louisville on Topside Rd. 35°50′29″N 84°00′07″W / 35.841389°N 84.001944°W | Louisville | Brick house built in the early 1800s |
| 24 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000880) |
Lowes Ferry Rd., 1 mile north of Louisville 35°50′30″N 84°05′14″W / 35.841667°N 84.087222°W | Louisville | ||
| 25 | July 25, 1989 (#89000881) |
Front and Main Sts. 35°45′27″N 84°07′54″W / 35.757537°N 84.131749°W | Friendsville | |||
| 26 | July 25, 1989 (#89000882) |
Main St. near Front St. 35°45′22″N 84°07′55″W / 35.756233°N 84.132005°W | Friendsville | |||
| 27 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000883) |
Morganton Rd., 0.5 miles east of Clover Hill Rd. 35°42′45″N 84°04′03″W / 35.7125°N 84.0675°W | Maryville | Brick "I" section built in the 1830s; frame front section built c. 1885 | |
| 28 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000884) |
Happy Valley Rd. 35°36′35″N 83°57′22″W / 35.609722°N 83.956111°W | Maryville | Located in the Happy Valley community; later converted into a meeting hall | |
| 29 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000885) |
300 E. Church St. 35°45′24″N 83°58′10″W / 35.756667°N 83.969444°W | Maryville | ||
| 30 | July 25, 1989 (#89000886) |
Louisville Rd., 0.75 miles south of Lowes Ferry Rd. 35°49′26″N 84°05′41″W / 35.823889°N 84.094722°W | Louisville | |||
| 31 |  |
November 1, 1974 (#74001901) |
Southwest of Binfield on Henry Lane Boundary increase (listed July 6, 2011): Henry Farm, 305 Henry Ln., Brick Mill vicinity 35°40′15″N 84°06′25″W / 35.6708°N 84.1069°W | Farmhouse on the farm founded by Samuel Henry, Revolutionary War quartermaster who arrived in Blount County as early as 1792, built a fort called Henry’s Station, and established a farm on his land grant. The substantial farmhouse was built in 1833 by Samuel's son James and his wife, Narcissa Howard, reportedly using brick made by slaves from red clay excavated on the farm property.[6] | ||
| 32 |  |
April 16, 1993 (#89000924) |
Lee Lambert Rd., 0.5 miles south of Old Walland Highway 35°45′04″N 83°52′55″W / 35.751111°N 83.881944°W | Maryville | ||
| 33 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000888) |
827 W. Broadway 35°44′55″N 83°58′50″W / 35.748611°N 83.980556°W | Maryville | Residence of early ALCOA executive Benton Glascock and his descendants | |
| 34 | Indiana Avenue Historic District |  |
August 21, 1989 (#89001071) |
Roughly bounded by Goddard St., Court St., Indiana Ave., and Cates St. 35°45′00″N 83°58′07″W / 35.75°N 83.968611°W | Maryville | Now called the College Hill Historic District; includes several dozen houses built circa 1880–1940 |
| 35 | David Jones House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000889) |
404 High St. 35°45′21″N 83°57′56″W / 35.755833°N 83.965556°W | Maryville | |
| 36 | David Jones House |  |
August 26, 1982 (#82004840) |
720 Tuckaleechee Pike 35°45′19″N 83°57′42″W / 35.755278°N 83.961667°W | Maryville | |
| 37 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000891) |
Big Gully Rd., 0.3 miles north of Kyker Rd. 35°36′19″N 84°07′26″W / 35.605278°N 84.123889°W | Maryville | Built circa 1847; briefly housed Union soldiers during the Civil War | |
| 38 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000892) |
0.5 miles south of the junction of Marble Hill Rd. and Dunlap Hollow Rd. 35°42′49″N 84°09′07″W / 35.713611°N 84.151944°W | Maryville | ||
| 39 |  |
October 12, 2017 (#100001750) |
Foothills Pkwy. W. 35°37′57″N 83°56′35″W / 35.632549°N 83.942939°W | Walland vicinity | ||
| 40 |  |
December 23, 1974 (#74001902) |
Between railroad tracks and the Tennessee River 35°49′23″N 84°03′01″W / 35.823056°N 84.050278°W | Louisville | Additional documentation, December 2013 | |
| 41 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000893) |
Martin Rd., 1 mile east of E. Millers Cove Rd. 35°43′47″N 83°47′46″W / 35.729722°N 83.796111°W | Walland | ||
| 42 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000894) |
Mill Rd., 0.3 miles south of W. Millers Cove Rd. 35°42′33″N 83°49′24″W / 35.709167°N 83.823333°W | Walland | ||
| 43 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000895) |
Central Point Rd. at Old Nails Creek 35°49′19″N 83°52′46″W / 35.821944°N 83.879444°W | Rockford | Circa-1790s frame house | |
| 44 | Maryville College Historic District |  |
September 9, 1982 (#82003953) |
Washington St. 35°45′07″N 83°57′51″W / 35.751944°N 83.964167°W | Maryville | Includes Willard House (1891), Bartlett Hall (1901), Fayerweather Science Hall (1898), Carnegie Hall (1917), Thaw Hall (1923), and several others |
| 45 | July 25, 1989 (#89000896) |
Old Cades Cove Rd., 0.1 miles south of Dry Valley Rd. 35°39′55″N 83°47′21″W / 35.665278°N 83.789167°W | Townsend | |||
| 46 | July 25, 1989 (#89000897) |
Old Cades Cove Rd., 0.1 miles south of Dry Valley Rd. 35°39′54″N 83°47′14″W / 35.665°N 83.787222°W | Townsend | |||
| 47 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000898) |
McConnell Rd., 0.5 miles west of Maple Lane Rd. 35°41′27″N 84°08′24″W / 35.690833°N 84.14°W | Maryville | ||
| 48 | July 25, 1989 (#89000899) |
Junction of Martin Mill Pike and State Route 33 35°49′21″N 83°56′17″W / 35.8225°N 83.938056°W | Rockford | |||
| 49 | McNutt-Howard House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000900) |
825 W. Broadway Ave. 35°44′59″N 83°58′49″W / 35.749722°N 83.980278°W | Maryville | |
| 50 | Millennium Manor | November 18, 2020 (#100005788) |
500 North Wright Rd. 35°46′48″N 83°57′54″W / 35.78°N 83.965°W | Alcoa | ||
| 51 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000902) |
Junction of Miser School Rd. and Miser Station Rd. 35°46′41″N 84°05′29″W / 35.778056°N 84.091389°W | Friendsville | Rural grocery store built c. 1925 | |
| 52 | Morningside |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000904) |
Maryville College campus 35°44′45″N 83°57′37″W / 35.745833°N 83.960278°W | Maryville | |
| 53 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000905) |
114 E. Broadway Ave. 35°45′23″N 83°58′15″W / 35.756389°N 83.970833°W | Maryville | Late-19th century commercial building that once housed a jewelry store; now a bar known as "The Sandwich Shop" | |
| 54 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000887) |
Old Walland Highway, 0.1 miles north of Cold Springs Rd. 35°44′58″N 83°50′07″W / 35.749444°N 83.835278°W | Walland | Mill dam located downstream from the Misty River Campground | |
| 55 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000906) |
College St. 35°45′36″N 84°08′02″W / 35.76°N 84.133889°W | Friendsville | Built in 1915; the bank operated until forced to close during the Great Depression | |
| 56 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000907) |
Pistol Creek between Church Ave. and Ellis St. 35°45′07″N 83°58′01″W / 35.751944°N 83.966944°W | Maryville | Ruins of the Pistol Creek Mill, located just off the greenway at Greenbelt Park | |
| 57 | July 25, 1989 (#89000908) |
Martin Mill Pike, 0.2 miles west of Glover Rd. 35°49′20″N 83°54′15″W / 35.822222°N 83.904167°W | Rockford | |||
| 58 | John M. Rorex House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000909) |
Junction of Brick Mill Rd. and Old Niles Ferry Rd. 35°39′30″N 84°06′18″W / 35.658333°N 84.105°W | Maryville | |
| 59 | November 20, 1989 (#89001961) |
Prater Rd. off Old Lowes Ferry Rd. at Poland Creek 35°50′04″N 84°06′32″W / 35.834444°N 84.108889°W | Louisville | |||
| 60 | Sam Houston Schoolhouse |  |
June 13, 1972 (#72001228) |
Northeast of Maryville on State Route 8 35°48′07″N 83°54′16″W / 35.801944°N 83.904444°W | Maryville | One-room log cabin schoolhouse, built in 1794, where Sam Houston taught as a young man |
| 61 | August 21, 1989 (#89001094) |
Ninemile Creek at junction of Big Elm and Trigonia Rds. 35°36′21″N 84°10′21″W / 35.605833°N 84.1725°W | Maryville | |||
| 62 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000910) |
Old Walland Highway 35°40′37″N 83°45′20″W / 35.676944°N 83.755556°W | Townsend | Queen Anne-style house built in 1904 by Little River Lumber Company executive John Shea | |
| 63 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000911) |
Southern Railroad right-of-way over the Little River 35°50′52″N 83°56′45″W / 35.847778°N 83.945833°W | Rockford | Truss bridge built in 1930 by the Edgemoor Bridge Works | |
| 64 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000912) |
Southern Railroad right-of-way between Sevierville Rd. and Washington Ave. 35°45′30″N 83°57′53″W / 35.758333°N 83.964722°W | Maryville | ||
| 65 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000913) |
Maryville College campus 35°44′45″N 83°57′21″W / 35.745833°N 83.955833°W | Maryville | Now called the "House in the Woods" | |
| 66 |  |
November 2, 1978 (#78002574) |
1005 Tuckleechee Pike 35°45′16″N 83°57′22″W / 35.754444°N 83.956111°W | Maryville | ||
| 67 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000890) |
Junction of U.S. Route 411 and Wildwood Rd. 35°48′01″N 83°51′30″W / 35.800278°N 83.858333°W | Wildwood | Double-cantilever barn | |
| 68 | July 25, 1989 (#89000914) |
Hollybrook Rd., 1 mile north of Martin Mill Pike 35°49′59″N 83°54′20″W / 35.833056°N 83.905556°W | Rockford | |||
| 69 | July 24, 2017 (#100001368) |
Birch & Locust Sts. 35°47′45″N 83°58′20″W / 35.795915°N 83.972087°W | Alcoa | |||
| 70 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000915) |
Old Walland Rd. over the Little River 35°43′46″N 83°48′58″W / 35.729444°N 83.816111°W | Walland | Located just upstream from the modern vehicle bridge, and accessible from the gas station at junction of 321 and E. Millers Cove Rd. | |
| 71 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000916) |
Old Walland Highway, 0.75 miles north of Walland 35°44′11″N 83°49′23″W / 35.736389°N 83.823056°W | Walland | Partial mill dam located just upstream from the Misty River Campground | |
| 72 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000917) |
Miser Station Rd., 0.2 miles south of Middle Settlement Rd. 35°47′44″N 84°03′26″W / 35.795556°N 84.057222°W | Louisville | Built late-19th century; the Warren Farm is now a Tennessee Century Farm | |
| 73 |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000918) |
Old White's Mill Rd. 35°44′03″N 83°53′02″W / 35.734167°N 83.883889°W | Maryville | ||
| 74 | Willard-Clark House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000919) |
1125 Broadway 35°44′42″N 83°59′04″W / 35.745°N 83.984444°W | Maryville | Built in the early 1900s, designed by Charles H. Young |
| 75 | Isaac Yearout House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000920) |
Big Springs Rd., 0.3 miles north of Morganton Rd. 35°44′59″N 84°00′25″W / 35.749722°N 84.006944°W | Alcoa |
Former listings[]
Three other sites were previously listed, but have been removed:
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
August 18, 1989 (#89001070) | March 10, 2009 | Hall Road | Alcoa | ||
| 2 | July 25, 1989 (#89000863) | November 15, 2006 | Lodge Street | Alcoa | |||
| 3 | November 8, 1974 (#74001903) | November 10, 1986 | TN 73 | Townsend | |||
| 4 | McNutt-McReynolds House |  |
July 25, 1989 (#89000901) | October 28, 2021 | 803 W. Broadway Ave. 35°45′00″N 83°58′47″W / 35.75°N 83.9797°W | Maryville |
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ Blount County Farm Joins State's Century Farms Program, Office of News and Public Affairs, Middle Tennessee State University, press release, September 22, 2009
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