National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Tennessee


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

Location of Monroe County in Tennessee

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe 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 currently 20 properties listed on the National Register in the county, including two National Historic Landmarks. There are also two former listings.

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 Akins House November 3, 2022
(#100008378)
Citico Rd.
Coordinates missing
Vonore
2 Calderwood Dam
 
Calderwood Dam
August 21, 1989
(#89001069)
Tennessee River at the end of Calderwood Rd.
35°29′32″N 83°58′58″W / 35.492222°N 83.982778°W / 35.492222; -83.982778 (Calderwood Dam)
Calderwood Extends into Blount County
3 Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites
 
Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites
August 30, 1973
(#73001813)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological sites for 18th-century Cherokee villages of Chota and Tanasi; now submerged under Tellico Lake, though both sites memorialized with monuments along the shoreline
4 Citico Site
 
Citico Site
November 2, 1978
(#78002614)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake
5 Cooke-Kefauver House
 
Cooke-Kefauver House
October 17, 1988
(#74001921)
Kefauver Lane
35°30′40″N 84°21′28″W / 35.511111°N 84.357778°W / 35.511111; -84.357778 (Cooke-Kefauver House)
Madisonville
6 First Presbyterian Church
 
First Presbyterian Church
July 25, 2001
(#01000772)
601 Church St.
35°36′09″N 84°27′49″W / 35.6025°N 84.463611°W / 35.6025; -84.463611 (First Presbyterian Church)
Sweetwater Gothic Revival-style church; congregation founded in 1860, church built in 1887
7 Fort Armistead December 11, 2023
(#100009828)
Address Restricted
Coker Creek vicinity
8 Fort Loudoun
 
Fort Loudoun
October 15, 1966
(#66000729)
U.S. Route 411
35°35′45″N 84°12′13″W / 35.595833°N 84.203611°W / 35.595833; -84.203611 (Fort Loudoun)
Vonore
9 William J. Fowler Mill and House January 27, 1983
(#83003057)
Sweetwater Rd.
35°38′35″N 84°18′43″W / 35.643056°N 84.311944°W / 35.643056; -84.311944 (William J. Fowler Mill and House)
Eve Mills
10 Icehouse Bottom Site
 
Icehouse Bottom Site
October 19, 1978
(#78002615)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaic and Woodland period site excavated in the early 1970s; now submerged by Tellico Lake
11 John McCroskey House
 
John McCroskey House
February 18, 2000
(#00000125)
3224 Sweetwater-Vonore Rd.
35°36′33″N 84°21′15″W / 35.609167°N 84.354167°W / 35.609167; -84.354167 (John McCroskey House)
Sweetwater Built in 1859
12 Mialoquo Site
 
Mialoquo Site
October 19, 1978
(#78002616)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake
13 Monroe County Courthouse
 
Monroe County Courthouse
March 30, 1995
(#95000341)
Town Sq.
35°31′11″N 84°21′46″W / 35.519722°N 84.362778°W / 35.519722; -84.362778 (Monroe County Courthouse)
Madisonville
14 Charles Owen House
 
Charles Owen House
July 15, 1998
(#98000875)
1019 Mayes St.
35°36′31″N 84°27′47″W / 35.608611°N 84.463056°W / 35.608611; -84.463056 (Charles Owen House)
Sweetwater Federal-style house built in the late 1820s
15 Scott Mansion January 21, 1993
(#92001816)
Scott Mansion Rd., about 1¼ miles east of State Route 68
35°23′13″N 84°17′20″W / 35.386944°N 84.288889°W / 35.386944; -84.288889 (Scott Mansion)
Tellico Plains
16 Stickley House
 
Stickley House
September 10, 1974
(#74001922)
West of the junction of U.S. Route 411 and State Route 68
35°31′09″N 84°21′58″W / 35.519167°N 84.366111°W / 35.519167; -84.366111 (Stickley House)
Madisonville Greek Revival-style house built in 1846, and designed by architect Thomas Blanchard
17 Tellico Blockhouse Site
 
Tellico Blockhouse Site
August 11, 1975
(#75001771)
2 miles east of Vonore off State Route 72
35°36′00″N 84°12′11″W / 35.6°N 84.203056°W / 35.6; -84.203056 (Tellico Blockhouse Site)
Vonore Late 18th-century trading outpost; layout marked by posts and stones, with interpretive signs
18 Tennessee Military Institute Residential Historic District
 
Tennessee Military Institute Residential Historic District
May 7, 2019
(#100003903)
1310, 1311 & 1313 Peachtree St.
35°36′46″N 84°27′54″W / 35.6128°N 84.4651°W / 35.6128; -84.4651 (Tennessee Military Institute Residential Historic District)
Sweetwater
19 Tomotley Site
 
Tomotley Site
October 19, 1978
(#78002617)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake
20 Toqua Site
 
Toqua Site
November 16, 1978
(#78002618)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake

Former listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Elisha Johnson Mansion December 24, 1974
(#74001923)
June 20, 2023 Ballplay Rd.
35°21′30″N 84°16′25″W / 35.358333°N 84.273611°W / 35.358333; -84.273611 (Elisha Johnson Mansion)
Tellico Plains
2 McGhee Mansion August 28, 1974
(#74001924)
January 25, 1985 E of Vonore on Fort Loudoun Rd.
Vonore Also known as Tuskega. Burned down by arsonist November 14, 1984.[6]

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.
  6. ^ "Fire devastates historic house near Tellico Lake". Knoxville News Sentinel. November 14, 1984. p. 1. Retrieved August 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.