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In 1930, Barber and McMurry architects designed four buildings for the University of Tennessee including the Hoskins Library (shown here).

Located in Lake County, this marker identifies the importance of the Battle of Island #10.

Beale Street at dusk.

Built in 1853 in Columbia, TN, Beechlawn takes its name from the grove of beech trees surrounding it.

The United States Post Office in Camden is a Colonial Revival style structure built in 1938. It features a mural done by the Works Progress Administration as is listed on the National Register.

Campbell Hall, the main administration building of Bethel College, was designed by architect A.F. Lindsey.

Swafford Chapel Church was one of the earliest church buildings in Bledsoe County. Featured here are limestone covered graves in the Swafford Chapel Cemetery.

The Bridgeman House in Pikeville was built in 1819 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bledsoe County Courthouse in Pikeville.

Located in Goodlettesville, TN, the Bowen-Campbell House is the oldest brick house in Middle Tennessee.

Bradley Acacemy.

Burgess Falls State Natural Area.

Burgess Falls Dam.

This gate at the main entrance to Burritt College was built by the students.

This cantilevered barn was moved to the Museum of Appalachia from Sevier County.

Built by Randal McGavock in the 1820s, Carnton Plantation served as a Confederate field hospital during the Civil War. It is operated as a historic site today.

Center for Historic Preservation Projects Coordinator, Caneta Hankins, and Tennessee Department of Agriculture Employee, Dot Curtis, work on the Center s Tennessee Century Farms project at the Ellington Agricultural Museum in Nashville.

The Center for Historic Preservation administers Tennessee s Rural African American Church Project, which identifies and interprets significant African American rural churches. Featured here is Miles Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Caffey-House in Rutherford County is a Tennessee Century Farm that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Center for Historic Preservation.

The Cheatham County Courthouse was built in 1914 in Ashland City and designed by architect R.E. Turbeville.

Chester County Courthouse in Henderson.

Milan-Sitlea on the campus of Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson.

Old community strip facing the train depot in Henderson.

In 1969, the Chester Inn was listed as part of the Jonesborough Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

Chucalissa village, a reconstructed site located within T.O. Fuller State Park in Memphis, portrays the village as it would have appeared in A.D. 1400. This work area reflects the lifestyle of the Mississippian culture that inhabited the area.

Founded by Bishop Charles Mason, the Temple Church of God in Christ, is known as the Mother Temple, in Memphis. From 1936-1945, the National Convocation of the Church of God in Christ was held at this church.

Clay County Courthouse in Celina.

Rosenwald School in the Free Hill Community north of Celina. This school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Cocke County Courthouse, Newport.

Cocke County Courthouse Interior, Newport.

Southern Railroad Depot at Newport.

A corn field along Duck River in Humphreys County, 1986.

Built of native limestone quarried near the house site, Cragfont in Castalian Springs is owned by the State of Tennessee, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is open to the public as a historic site.

Built in 1874, the Crockett County Courthouse is located in Alamo.

Columbus H. Conley established the Bank of Alamo in 1914. This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Davies Manor is the oldest extant dwelling in Shelby County.

Decatur County Courthouse at Decaturville.

Decaturville Square in Decatur County.

Now the Ducktown Basin Museum which interprets the activities of Burra Burra Copper Mine, this building formerly was used as the mine headquarters.

A reproduction of the Hiwasee Smelter Stack is located in the area interpreted by the Ducktown Basin Museum.

The Embreeville Town Company was formed to develop a town of 30,000 inhabitants for the Embreeville Land, Iron, and Railway Company. This is one of the homes built.

Methodist Church in Embreeville.

Overseer s house at the Fairvue Plantation in Sumner County.

Slave quarter s at Fairvue Plantation in Sumner County.

James White Fort in Knoxville.

Free Hill s historic Rosenwald school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The meditation gardens at Graceland.

Hamilton Place.

Built in 1931, the Colonial Revival style Hancock County Courthouse in Sneedville was designed by Architect Allen N. Dryden.

Hancock Central Elementary School in Sneedville.

This building is a former jail for Sneedville. Constructed in 1860, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

One of the Hardwick Stove Company s factories in Cleveland.

Henderson County Courthouse in Lexington.

United States Post Office in Lexington.

Natchez Trace State Park Shelter in Henderson County.

Constructed between 1908 and 1910, the Hermitage Hotel is located at 6th and Union in downtown Nashville.

An interior view of the hotel lobby.

Hunt-Phelan House.

Located in Ooltewah, the former James County Courthouse is listed on the National Register.

Built in 1958, the Johnson County courthouse is located in Mountain City.

First United Methodist Church on North Church Street in Mountain City.

North Church Street in Mountain City.

King College, Bristol, TN.

McKee Hall on the campus of Knoxville College.

Constructed in 1905, the Bray Administration building is part of a National Register Historic District at Lane College.

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the cotton mill building burned in 1991. In 1996, the Lenoir Cotton Mill Association approved a plan to protect the site and preserve the ruins of the building.

A Colonial Revival style building, the present Lincoln County Courthouse was built in 1970.

Long Island was located on the Holston River. The Boatyard was the head of navigation on the Holston. It was an important commercial port and the point of departure for travelers and emigrants.

The Boatyard Historic District near the Holston River.

The Marathon Motor Works factory in north Nashville.

Designed by the firm of Marr and Holman, the Sumner County Courthouse in Gallatin was built by the Works Progress Administration.

Obion County Courthouse in Union City was designed by Marr and Hollman.

Designed by Marr and Holman and built by the Public Works Administration, the John Sevier Office Building is located in Nashville.

Rippa Villa is operated as a historic site in Spring Hill. It was donated to Maury County by the Saturn Corporation who purchased the land on which the home was located.

The Gordon-Keebler building on the campus of Meharry Medical College.

The entrance to Milky Way Farm in Giles County.

A monument was erected by the Nancy Ward Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at her gravesite in Polk County.

Mount Olivet Cemetery.

The Natchez Trace in Williamson County.

Constructed in 1874, the open-shed tabernacle at the National Campground in Loudon County is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Interior view of open-shed tabernacle at the National Campground in Loudon County.

Fort Donelson National Cemetery in Dover, TN, is maintained by the National Park Service.

Cabin Road at Norris Dam State Park.

The Tearoom Lodge was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Norris Dam State Park in Anderson County.

The Lenoir Museum at Norris Dam State Park.

As a component of TVA s first hydroelectric project, Norris Freeway was built to transport materials to the Norris Dam project as well as provide better access between Norris and the administrative offices of TVA in Knoxville.

Opening in 1972, the Opryland theme park was a popular destination in Nashville until its closing by Gaylord Enterprises in 1997.

The Hangman at Opryland Theme Park.

Vince Gill and friends on the Opry House stage.

The Peabody Hotel at 149 Union in Memphis.

The reconstructed wooden covered bridge at Port Royal State Historic Area in Clarksville.

Ramsey House, Knoxville.

Rattle and Snap, Maury County.

Reelfoot Lake.

Built in 1892, the Rhea County Courthouse was the site of the famous Scopes trial and is today a National Historic Landmark.

View of Hugh Rogan s stone cottage (ca. 1800), with an 1825 brick house in background.

Shelby County Courthouse.

Sparta Rock House in White County.

The St. Andrews-Sewanee School.

St. John s Episcopal Church, Maury County.

St. Paul s Episcopal Church is the state s oldest Episcopal church.

The Stewart Century Farm in Meigs County was purchased by John and Lettie Tillory Stewart in 1825. In addition to farming, the Stewarts operated a commercial distillery and Stewart s Landing on the Tennessee River. It also served as a community center for the county s citizens.

James Jones Kelly purchased 320 acres in Bledsoe County and established the Kelly Farm. Serving for many years as both a homestead and a rural community center, the Kelly farm grew to almost 1000 acres.

Washington County Courthouse.

The statues by William Edmondson at the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee.

The gravesite in Jenkins Chapel Cemetery of Prentice W. Cooper and his wife Argentine, parents of former Governor Prentice Cooper, Jr.