State Historic SitesVerified THC reference
The 17 Tennessee State Historic Sites administered by the Tennessee Historical Commission, each operated day-to-day by a partner organization. From Rocky Mount, the first capital of the Southwest Territory, to the Alex Haley House where Roots was born.
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Burra Burra Mine
Ducktown, Polk County · 1899
The most productive copper mine in Tennessee's Copper Basin, producing ore from 1899 until its mid-20th-century closure.
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Chester Inn
Jonesborough, Washington County · 1797
Built c. 1797, one of the oldest frame buildings in Tennessee's oldest town; traditionally said to have hosted Presidents Jackson, Polk, and Johnson.
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Marble Springs
Knoxville, Knox County
The last home and farmstead of John Sevier, Tennessee's first governor, who owned the property from 1792 until his 1815 death.
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Rocky Mount
Piney Flats, Sullivan County · 1828
William Cobb's home served as the capital of the Southwest Territory under Governor William Blount from 1790 to 1792.
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Sabine Hill
Elizabethton, Carter County · 1818
A Federal-style house begun by War of 1812 General Nathaniel Taylor and completed c. 1818-20 by his widow Mary Patton Taylor.
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Sam Houston Schoolhouse
Maryville, Blount County · 1794
An 1794 one-room log field school where Sam Houston, later Tennessee governor and president of the Republic of Texas, taught.
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Tipton-Haynes
Johnson City, Washington County · 1784
Colonel John Tipton's 1784 farm was the site of the February 1788 'Battle of the State of Franklin' between Tipton and Sevier.
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Middle Tennessee(9)
Carter House
Franklin, Williamson County · 1830
Federal-period home that became the epicenter of the November 30, 1864 Battle of Franklin; a National Historic Landmark.
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Castalian Springs Mound Site
Castalian Springs, Sumner County
Mississippian civic-ceremonial mound complex (40SU14) occupied c. 1150-1350 CE; yielded notable stone statuary and shell gorgets.
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Cragfont
Castalian Springs, Sumner County · 1802
Late-Georgian limestone mansion of Revolutionary War general James Winchester, completed 1802; an elegant frontier residence.
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Hawthorn Hill
Castalian Springs, Sumner County · 1806
A c. 1806 brick Federal house preserving original early-19th-century stenciling, paint, and plaster; THC property since 2007.
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Hotel Halbrook
Dickson, Dickson County · 1913
A 1913 small-town railroad hotel and the June 2, 1920 birthplace of Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement.
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Rock Castle
Hendersonville, Sumner County · 1796
Home of Gen. Daniel Smith, the surveyor who produced the first map of the Tennessee Territory; among Middle Tennessee's oldest houses.
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Sam Davis Memorial
Pulaski, Giles County
Museum and shrine on the site where Confederate scout Sam Davis was executed by Union forces on November 27, 1863.
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Sparta Rock House
Sparta, White County · 1839
A stone tollhouse and stage stop built 1835-1839 on an antebellum turnpike, reputedly visited by Jackson, Polk, and Houston.
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Wynnewood
Castalian Springs, Sumner County · 1828
Built 1828 as a stagecoach inn on the Nashville-Knoxville Road; the largest extant log structure in Tennessee and a National Historic Landmark.
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