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Corbie steps also appear in Jonesborough Greek revival buildings. Most of the porches on Greek Revival homes appear to have been added long after the buildings were constructed. Jonesborough United Methodist Church: Listed separately as a National Historic Place, the Methodist Church is two stories with a rectangular shape. The foundation and ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington 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.
Anne Kelly Knowles: Past Time, Past Place: GIS for history A collection of twelve case studies on the use of GIS in historical research and education. ESRI press 2002 ISBN 1-58948-032-5; Anne Kelly Knowles, Amy Hillier eds.: Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship 2008 ISBN 978-1-58948-013-1
Washington County is Tennessee's oldest county, having been established in 1777 when the state was still part of North Carolina. [4] Washington County is part of the Johnson City, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities ...
It was named after North Carolina legislator Willie Jones, who had supported the state's westward expansion across the Appalachian Mountains. [8] Main Street, part of the Jonesborough Historic District that is on the National Register of Historic Places. The town was renamed "Jonesboro" for a period of time, but it took back its historic ...
There are over 2,000 in total. Of these, 29 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Tennessee's 95 counties has at least one listing. The Tennessee Historical Commission, which manages the state's participation in the National Register program, reports that 80 percent of the state's area has been surveyed for historic buildings. Surveys for ...
This is a list of GIS data sources (including some geoportals) that provide information sets that can be used in geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial databases for purposes of geospatial analysis and cartographic mapping. This list categorizes the sources of interest.
Jonesborough is an area of Tennessee with more houses (about five) of the Federal style that have stepped gables than any other area of the state. [2] The crow-stepped gabling of the east and west sides makes the Hoss House the only example of a rural Federal style house in Washington County, Tennessee, with stepped gables.