Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Tennessee - Polk County
Polk County Tennessee has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Ocoee Hydroelectric Plant No. 2, Burra Burra Mine Historic District, Knoxville Southern Railroad Historic District, Ocoee No. 1 Hydroelectric Station and Ward, Nancy, Tomb.

Several famous people are associated with these Polk County historic places including Nancy Ward and Joseph D. Vaugn.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Polk County places including J.G. Engineering Corporation White, White,J.G.,Engineering Co., T.A. Aber, W.P. Creager, Tennessee Copper Co., E. Mueller, Copper & Iron Co. Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Co. Ducktown Sulphur, R.H. Hunt and R.H. & Co. et al. Hunt. Prominent architectural styles found in Polk Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Art Deco.

Burra Burra Mine Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003059)
TN 68 and Burra St. , Ducktown
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Buzzard's Roost Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000451)
301--400 College, 420--430 Ell and 129--186 Main Sts., 400--415 School House Rd. and 211 and 215 TN 68 , Ducktown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tennessee Copper Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Center & Abernathy Store Building (added 1992 - - #92001071)
Also known as Basin Pryde Restaurant
23--33 Ocoee St. , Copperhill
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant, Specialty Store
Central Headframe (added 1992 - - #92001073)
TN 68 S of jct. with US 64/74 , Ducktown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tennessee Copper Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Copeland House (added 1984 - - #84003674)
Also known as Winston Cloud House
Cookson Creek Rd. , Parksville
Jamie Hargis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Significant Year:
1869
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Hospital, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Copperhill Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000449)
Roughly bounded by Hill, Prospect, Main and Riverview Sts. , Copperhill
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Domestic, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Copperhill Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000688)
Also known as Copperhill Cemetery
Roughly bounded by Depaul St., Depot St., and Main St. , Copperhill
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
Ducktown Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000450)
Roughly bounded by TN 68 and alley 2 blocks NW of Main St. , Ducktown
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Hospital, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Isabella Managers' Row (added 1992 - - #92000448)
Ducktown--Isabella Rd. N of US 64 , Isabella
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ducktown Sulphur,Copper and Iron Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Isabella Mine Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001657)
Along the Ducktown--Isabella Rd., W side , Isabella
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ducktown Sulphur,Copper & Iron Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kimsey Junior College (added 1992 - - #92001072)
Also known as Ducktown Elementary School
244 TN 68 , Ducktown
Superdragtn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hunt,R.H.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
Knoxville Southern Railroad Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000187)
Former Knoxville Souther Railroad from near Reliance to near Farner , Reliance
Jamie Hargis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Aber, T.A.
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Rail-Related
Newtown Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000452)
510--521 First, 538--730 Second and 580--730 Third Sts. , Copperhill
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tennessee Copper Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Ocoee Hydroelectric Plant No. 2 (added 1979 - - #79002453)
Also known as Ocoee Number Two;Number Two
U.S. 64 , Ocoee
BrineStans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
White,J.G. Engineering Corporation
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Ocoee No. 1 Hydroelectric Station (added 1990 - - #90001003)
Also known as Parksville Dam
Jct. of US 64 and Ocoee R. , Parksville
BrineStans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
White,J.G.,Engineering Co., Creager,W.P.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Engineering, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Ocoee Number 3 Hydroelectric Project (added 2017 - - #100001473)
1988 United States (US) Route 64, Benton
Bomazi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1941-1965 AD, 1941-1943 AD
Polk County Courthouse (added 1993 - - #93000562)
Bounded by US 411 and Ward, Commerce and Main Sts. , Benton
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hunt, R.H. & Co. et al.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Street Furniture/Object, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Street Furniture/Object, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Reliance Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000350)
Roughly bounded by New Reliance and Power House Rds., TN 30, and the Hiwassee River , Reliance
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Vaugn,Joseph D.,et al.
Significant Year:
1888, 1936
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Business, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
Ward, Nancy, Tomb (added 1973 - - #73001815)
S of Benton on U.S. 411 , Benton
Jamie Hargis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Information Potential
Historic Person:
Ward,Nancy
Area of Significance:
Native American, Education, Historic - Aboriginal, Military, Social History
Cultural Affiliation:
Cherokee
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Graves/Burials
Wiggins, William, House (added 1993 - - #93001355)
Also known as Nuchols,Dr. J.D.,House;Drug Store
Jct. of Main and Ward Sts., NE corner , Benton
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
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