National Register of Historic Places listings in Roane County, Tennessee


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

Location of Roane County in Tennessee

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

The county has 20 properties and districts listed on the National Register, including one National Historic Landmark.

See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Anderson County, Tennessee for additional properties in Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs, cities spanning 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 Abston Garage
 
Abston Garage
March 10, 2009
(#09000117)
301 Kingston Ave
36°02′39″N 84°20′39″W / 36.04412°N 84.34416°W / 36.04412; -84.34416 (Abston Garage)
Oliver Springs [1]
2 Bethel Cemetery
 
Bethel Cemetery
June 26, 2006
(#06000547)
Euclid Ave. and 3rd St.
35°52′16″N 84°31′02″W / 35.871111°N 84.517222°W / 35.871111; -84.517222 (Bethel Cemetery)
Kingston
3 Colonial Hall
 
Colonial Hall
September 11, 1975
(#75001774)
104 Morgan St
36°02′39″N 84°20′26″W / 36.044167°N 84.340556°W / 36.044167; -84.340556 (Colonial Hall)
Oliver Springs Antebellum house currently being restored
4 Cornstalk Heights Historic District
 
Cornstalk Heights Historic District
January 11, 1991
(#90002142)
Roughly bounded by Georgia Ave., Sewanee St., Morgan Ave., and Trenton St.
35°56′03″N 84°32′48″W / 35.934167°N 84.546667°W / 35.934167; -84.546667 (Cornstalk Heights Historic District)
Harriman Contains several dozen contributing houses built in the 1890s through the 1930s
5 Harriman City Hall
 
Harriman City Hall
April 16, 1971
(#71000828)
330 N Roane St.
35°56′03″N 84°33′06″W / 35.93403°N 84.55158°W / 35.93403; -84.55158 (Harriman City Hall)
Harriman Building originally housed American Temperance University.
6 George Jones Memorial Baptist Church
 
George Jones Memorial Baptist Church
May 6, 1992
(#92000408)
Blair Rd.
35°56′21″N 84°22′22″W / 35.939167°N 84.372778°W / 35.939167; -84.372778 (George Jones Memorial Baptist Church)
Oak Ridge
7 Kingston Avenue Historic District
 
Kingston Avenue Historic District
December 1, 1997
(#97001500)
Roughly along N. Kingston, S. Kingston, and E. Rockwood Aves.
35°51′56″N 84°41′04″W / 35.865556°N 84.684444°W / 35.865556; -84.684444 (Kingston Avenue Historic District)
Rockwood
8 Molyneux Chevrolet Company-Rockwood Fire Department Building
 
Molyneux Chevrolet Company-Rockwood Fire Department Building
March 20, 2002
(#02000234)
228 West Rockwood St.
35°52′07″N 84°41′14″W / 35.868749°N 84.687122°W / 35.868749; -84.687122 (Molyneux Chevrolet Company-Rockwood Fire Department Building)
Rockwood Building which was part fire station and part car dealership.
9 Col. Gideon Morgan House
 
Col. Gideon Morgan House
January 27, 1983
(#83003060)
149 N Kentucky St.
35°52′20″N 84°30′59″W / 35.872222°N 84.516389°W / 35.872222; -84.516389 (Col. Gideon Morgan House)
Kingston Oldest house in county. Bought in 1936 by William B. Ladd, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 1946
10 New Bethel Baptist Church
 
New Bethel Baptist Church
May 6, 1992
(#92000409)
Bethel Valley Rd.
35°56′01″N 84°18′19″W / 35.933611°N 84.305278°W / 35.933611; -84.305278 (New Bethel Baptist Church)
Oak Ridge
11 Oak Ridge Turnpike Checking Station
 
Oak Ridge Turnpike Checking Station
May 6, 1992
(#92000412)
Oak Ridge Turnpike
35°58′49″N 84°20′03″W / 35.980278°N 84.334167°W / 35.980278; -84.334167 (Oak Ridge Turnpike Checking Station)
Oak Ridge One of three NRHP-listed World War II-era checkpoint gatehouses in Oak Ridge
12 Post Oak Springs Christian Church
 
Post Oak Springs Christian Church
March 15, 2007
(#07000156)
Roane St. Highway (Old Kingston Highway) at Post Oak Rd.
35°52′25″N 84°38′02″W / 35.873611°N 84.633889°W / 35.873611; -84.633889 (Post Oak Springs Christian Church)
Rockwood
13 Roane County Courthouse
 
Roane County Courthouse
July 14, 1971
(#71000829)
119 Court St
35°52′18″N 84°30′57″W / 35.871667°N 84.515833°W / 35.871667; -84.515833 (Roane County Courthouse)
Kingston Now a museum; the new courthouse is located across the street
14 Roane Street Commercial Historic District
 
Roane Street Commercial Historic District
June 29, 1989
(#89000506)
Roughly Roane St. between Morgan Ave., NW. and Crescent Ave., NW.
35°56′04″N 84°33′01″W / 35.934444°N 84.550278°W / 35.934444; -84.550278 (Roane Street Commercial Historic District)
Harriman Includes a theater, a Carnegie library, an old post office, and several storefronts along Roane Street
15 Rockwood Post Office
 
Rockwood Post Office
December 30, 1999
(#99001621)
340 W. Rockwood St.[6]
35°52′11″N 84°41′18″W / 35.8697°N 84.6882°W / 35.8697; -84.6882 (Rockwood Post Office)
Rockwood
16 Southwest Point
 
Southwest Point
July 31, 1972
(#72001252)
1 mile southwest of Kingston
35°51′39″N 84°31′44″W / 35.860833°N 84.528889°W / 35.860833; -84.528889 (Southwest Point)
Kingston Fort no longer standing; currently being reconstructed
17 Dr. Fred Stone, Sr. Hospital
 
Dr. Fred Stone, Sr. Hospital
November 29, 2006
(#06001097)
101 Roane St.
36°02′50″N 84°20′27″W / 36.047222°N 84.340833°W / 36.047222; -84.340833 (Dr. Fred Stone, Sr. Hospital)
Oliver Springs Unique building constructed piecemeal in various phases, many of which can be discerned from the exterior brickwork
18 Tennessee Highway Patrol Buildings
 
Tennessee Highway Patrol Buildings
March 14, 2001
(#01000255)
Junction of Kingston Ave. and Nelson St.; also Belson St. and U.S. Route 70
35°51′36″N 84°40′52″W / 35.86°N 84.6811°W / 35.86; -84.6811 (Tennessee Highway Patrol Buildings)
Rockwood Second address represents a boundary increase of March 15, 2011
19 Valley View Farm
 
Valley View Farm
March 21, 1997
(#97000257)
160 Martin Rd.
35°54′09″N 84°36′29″W / 35.9025°N 84.608056°W / 35.9025; -84.608056 (Valley View Farm)
Harriman mid-19th century farmstead
20 X-10 Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
 
X-10 Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
October 15, 1966
(#66000720)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
35°55′41″N 84°19′03″W / 35.928056°N 84.3175°W / 35.928056; -84.3175 (X-10 Reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Oak Ridge

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. ^ 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. ^ Address based on USPS website. Accessed April 10, 2016.