National Register of Historic Places - Tennessee (TN), Hamilton County

Hamilton County Tennessee (Historic Districts) has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Moccasin Bend Archeological District, Stringer Ridge Historic District and Stringer Ridge Historic District and Brown House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Archaic, American,Military and Woodland dating back to 2999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Hamilton County historic places including Grant, Ulysses S., et.al. and John Brown.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Hamilton County places including War Department, National Park Service, Leo B. Lambert, Donn Baker, R.H. Hunt, Bearden & Deacon, Reuben Harrison Hunt, Brown Contracting Co., Ferger Brothers Real Estate and Edward E. Betts. Prominent architectural styles found in Hamilton Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.

Brown House (added 1973 - - #73001781)

Also known as Brown, James Farmstead, Yarnell House

9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Rd. , Ooltewah

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Historic Person:

Brown,John

Significant Year:

1838, 1828

Area of Significance:

Native American, Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Chickamauga Hydroelectric Project (added 2017 - - #100001466)

5400 Lake Resort Drive, Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Moderne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Conservation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1936-1965 AD

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (added 1966 - - #66000274)

S of Chattanooga on U.S. 27 , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

War Department, National Park Service

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Grant, Ulysses S., et.al.

Significant Year:

1866, 1890, 1863

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Landscape Architecture, Military, Art, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Ferger Place Historic District (added 1980 - - #80003810)

Evening Side Dr. and Morning Side Dr. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ferger Brothers Real Estate

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Fort Wood Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002437)

Roughly bounded by Palmetto, McCallie, Central and 5th Sts. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Patton,Samuel

Architectural Style:

Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1910, 1988, 1900

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce, Engineering, Social History, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Fountain Square (added 1979 - - #79002438)

600--622 Georgia Ave. and 317 Oak St. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bearden & Deacon, Hunt,R.H.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object

Glenwood Historic District (added 1989 - - #89000861)

Roughly bounded by Parkwood Dr., Glenwood Dr., Oak St., and Derby St. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Betts,Edward E.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

King, M. L., Boulevard Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003551)

Roughly M. L. King Blvd. between Browns and University Sts. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Correctional Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Lookout Mountain Caverns and Cavern Castle (added 1985 - - #85002969)

Also known as Ruby Falls

Scenic Hwy. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Market Square-Patten Parkway (added 1980 - - #80003816)

Also known as Patten Parkway

Roughly bounded by E. 8th, and E. 9th Sts., Georgia and Lindsay Aves. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Organizational, Professional, Road-Related, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Park, Professional, Specialty Store

Market Street Warehouse Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003554)

Also known as Stone Fort Block

1118-1148 Market St. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Downing,T.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

Market and Main Streets Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000927)

Also known as See Also:Terminal Station;Southern Railway Freight Depot

Roughly bounded by Cowart, King, Market and Main Sts. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Baker,Donn

Architectural Style:

Other, Chicago

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Processing Site, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Missionary Ridge Historic District (added 1996 - - #95001257)

Also known as See also:Chickamaugga-Chattanooga National Military Park

N. and S. Crest Rd. from Delong Reservation to 700 S. Crest Rd. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Patton, Samuel, et al., Hunt, Reuben Harrison

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Military, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Defense, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Battle Site, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Moccasin Bend Archeological District (added 1986 - - #86003510)

Also known as See Also:Moccasin Bend MRA

Address Restricted , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Archaic, American,Military, Woodland

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

State, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Health Care, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Hospital, Underwater

Signal Mountain Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000729)

Roughly along James Blvd., Brady Point Rd., and Signal Point Rd., , Signal Mountain

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Alsup, J.D.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

St. Elmo Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003976)

Alabama, St. Elmo, and Tennessee Aves. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Stringer Ridge Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003557)

Address Restricted , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military

Cultural Affiliation:

Civil War

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Rolling Stock (added 1980 - - #80003824)

2022 N. Chamberlain Ave. , Chattanooga

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum