National Register of Historic Places - Tennessee (TN), 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

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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

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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