National Register of Historic Places - Tennessee (TN), 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

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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

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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

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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

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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