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Knoxville Civic Coliseum. General James White Memorial Civic Auditorium and Coliseum (usually shortened to Knoxville Civic Coliseum) is a multi-purpose events facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, owned by the Knoxville city government and managed by ASM. Its components are an auditorium with a maximum seating capacity of 2,500, [ 1] a multi ...
47-40000. GNIS feature ID. 1648562 [ 12 ] Website. www.knoxvilletn.gov. Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States. [ 15 ] As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, [ 16 ] making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's third-most-populous ...
December 4, 1975. The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1909 as an addition to the Lamar House Hotel, the theater has at various times served as performance venue for traditional theatre, vaudeville, a second-run moviehouse, a commencement stage for the city's African-American high school, and a ...
April 1, 1982. The Tennessee Theatre is a movie palace in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. The theater was built in 1928 in the 1908 Burwell Building, considered Knoxville's first skyscraper. [1] The theater and Burwell Building were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, [2] and the theater was extensively restored in the ...
Sequoyah Hills. Coordinates: 35°56′09″N 83°57′24″W. Entrance to Sequoyah Hills at intersection of Cherokee Boulevard and Kingston Pike. Sequoyah Hills is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, named for the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah. [1] It is located off Kingston Pike, between the city's downtown and West Knoxville.
November 18, 1985. The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the Old City has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s ...
Market Square is a historic district and pedestrian mall located in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.Established in 1854 as a market place for regional farmers, the square has developed over the decades into a multipurpose venue that accommodates events ranging from concerts to political rallies, and has long provided a popular gathering place for artists, street musicians, war ...
The History of Knoxville, Tennessee, began with the establishment of James White's Fort on the Trans-Appalachian frontier in 1786. [1] The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and the city, named for Secretary of War Henry Knox, was platted the following year. [1] Knoxville became the first capital of the State of ...