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Settlers typically traveled down from southwest Virginia through Rogersville, Tennessee on the Knoxville Road before arriving at Knoxville. By 1795, what is now Kingston Pike went from James White's Fort to the western end of the county. Beyond the western end of the county, this route became known as the Nashville Road. By 1807, the Knoxville ...
Bearden lies along Kingston Pike (U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 11) and adjacent roads, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Knoxville's downtown area.It traditionally encompasses the Kingston Pike corridor between Lyons View Pike on the east and Sutherland Avenue on the west, [5] though the term "Bearden" can loosely refer to the entire Kingston Pike area between Sequoyah Hills and Turkey ...
From the 1920s into the 1950s, Kingston Pike was a major stopover for tourists traveling along the Dixie and Lee highways, which intersected at Kingston Pike. [2] Starting with the completion of West Town Mall in 1970, Kingston Pike developed into Knoxville's largest retail corridor. Historian Jack Neely wrote, "If suburban sprawl had a local ...
Residents today wouldn't recognize the Kingston Pike of the 1950s, Knoxville History Project Executive Director Jack Neely told Knox News. Many of the religious establishments there now existed ...
The Baker Peters House was one of several antebellum plantation homes on Kingston Pike. Mabry Hood House, located to the west on Kingston Pike, was demolished in the late 20th century to make way for Pellissippi Parkway. The Baker Peters House avoided a similar fate, but the site has been compromised/saved by commercial uses.
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The home was used by Confederate Generals James Longstreet and Lafayette McLaws as their headquarters from November 17 to December 4 of 1863 during the Battle of Knoxville. Three Confederate sharpshooters who were stationed in the house's tower were killed by Union cannonballs.
William Seale Jr. House (Kingston Pike) Knoxville, Tennessee: 1927: Standing: Currently home to the Knoxville Montessori School: J.B. Coykendall House (Lyons View Pike) Knoxville, Tennessee: 1928: Standing [1] [4] Hugh M. Goforth House (Lyons View Pike) Knoxville, Tennessee: 1928: Demolished [1] [4] Westcliff (Lyons View Pike) Knoxville ...