National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Tennessee


This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Tennessee.

Location of Carter County in Tennessee

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]

There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark.

See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Tennessee for additional properties in Johnson City, a city that spans the county line.

Contents: Counties in Tennessee
Anderson – Bedford – Benton – Bledsoe – Blount – Bradley – Campbell – Cannon – Carroll – Carter – Cheatham – Chester – Claiborne – Clay – Cocke – Coffee – Crockett – Cumberland – Davidson – Decatur – DeKalb – Dickson – Dyer – Fayette – Fentress – Franklin – Gibson – Giles – Grainger – Greene – Grundy – Hamblen – Hamilton – Hancock – Hardeman – Hardin – Hawkins – Haywood – Henderson – Henry – Hickman – Houston – Humphreys – Jackson – Jefferson – Johnson – Knox – Lake – Lauderdale – Lawrence – Lewis – Lincoln – Loudon – Macon – Madison – Marion – Marshall – Maury – McMinn – McNairy – Meigs – Monroe – Montgomery – Moore – Morgan – Obion – Overton – Perry – Pickett – Polk – Putnam – Rhea – Roane – Robertson – Rutherford – Scott – Sequatchie – Sevier – Shelby – Smith – Stewart – Sullivan – Sumner – Tipton – Trousdale – Unicoi – Union – Van Buren – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Weakley – White – Williamson – Wilson


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Rueben Brooks Farmstead
 
Rueben Brooks Farmstead
April 5, 2001
(#01000344)
1548 Blue Springs Rd.
36°23′46″N 82°06′25″W / 36.396111°N 82.106944°W / 36.396111; -82.106944 (Rueben Brooks Farmstead)
Elizabethton Farm established c. 1820, house constructed during the same period.
2 John and Landon Carter House
 
John and Landon Carter House
April 14, 1972
(#72001230)
1013 Broad St.
36°21′14″N 82°12′17″W / 36.3539°N 82.2046°W / 36.3539; -82.2046 (John and Landon Carter House)
Elizabethton
3 Elizabethton Historic District
 
Elizabethton Historic District
March 14, 1973
(#73001754)
Bounded roughly by 2nd, 4th, East, and Sycamore Sts.
36°20′52″N 82°12′41″W / 36.347778°N 82.211389°W / 36.347778; -82.211389 (Elizabethton Historic District)
Elizabethton
4 Henson Hunt House
 
Henson Hunt House
December 26, 1979
(#79002414)
Brookdale Rd.
36°17′56″N 82°19′25″W / 36.298889°N 82.323611°W / 36.298889; -82.323611 (Henson Hunt House)
Johnson City
5 Miller Farmstead
 
Miller Farmstead
July 25, 2014
(#14000449)
Roan Mountain State Park
36°10′41″N 82°06′38″W / 36.178126°N 82.110670°W / 36.178126; -82.110670 (Miller Farmstead)
Roan Mountain
6 Renfro-Allen Farm March 28, 1996
(#96000333)
Judge Ben Allen Rd., northeast of Elizabethton
36°22′37″N 82°10′48″W / 36.376944°N 82.18°W / 36.376944; -82.18 (Renfro-Allen Farm)
Elizabethton
7 Sabine Hill
 
Sabine Hill
April 11, 1973
(#73001755)
Off State Route 67
36°19′33″N 82°16′11″W / 36.325833°N 82.269722°W / 36.325833; -82.269722 (Sabine Hill)
Elizabethton
8 Shelving Rock Encampment
 
Shelving Rock Encampment
July 10, 2009
(#09000533)
State Route 143 and Smith Branch Rd.
36°11′00″N 82°04′32″W / 36.183272°N 82.075636°W / 36.183272; -82.075636 (Shelving Rock Encampment)
Roan Mountain Site where the Overmountain Men camped in September 1780 while en route to the Battle of Kings Mountain.
9 Simerly-Butler House
 
Simerly-Butler House
November 7, 1996
(#96001315)
206 Main St.
36°17′00″N 82°10′24″W / 36.283333°N 82.173333°W / 36.283333; -82.173333 (Simerly-Butler House)
Hampton Now known as Butler Mansion; built in 1867 by local businessman and politician Elijah Simerly; later occupied by Ralph Butler.
10 Sycamore Shoals
 
Sycamore Shoals
October 15, 1966
(#66000721)
2 miles (3.2 km) west of Elizabethton on the Watauga River
36°20′33″N 82°15′21″W / 36.3425°N 82.255833°W / 36.3425; -82.255833 (Sycamore Shoals)
Elizabethton
11 U.S. Post Office
 
U.S. Post Office
August 9, 1983
(#83003024)
201-203 N. Sycamore St.
36°20′56″N 82°12′54″W / 36.348889°N 82.215°W / 36.348889; -82.215 (U.S. Post Office)
Elizabethton Early-1930s beaux-arts building designed by James Wetmore; now home to the Elizabethton-Carter County Public Library.
12 Watauga Hydroelectric Project
 
Watauga Hydroelectric Project
August 11, 2017
(#100001463)
774 Wilbur Dam Rd.
36°19′24″N 82°07′19″W / 36.323333°N 82.121944°W / 36.323333; -82.121944 (Watauga Hydroelectric Project)
Elizabethton
13 John T. Wilder House
 
John T. Wilder House
March 13, 1986
(#86000400)
202 Main St.
36°11′45″N 82°04′16″W / 36.195833°N 82.071111°W / 36.195833; -82.071111 (John T. Wilder House)
Roan Mountain Built in 1884 by General John T. Wilder.

Former listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Carriger-Cowan House June 6, 1979
(#79002415)
March 27, 2013 East of Siam
Siam
2 Henry Range House March 25, 1982
(#82003956)
April 12, 1991 South of Watauga on Smallings Rd.
Watauga Relocated to the property of the Isaac Hammer House in Washington County.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.