James White's Fort


  • Address: 205 E Hill Ave
  • Vicinity: Volunteer Landing Ln
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1786/00/00 Gen James White Architect, Home James White erects a cabin near what is now the corner of State Street and Clinch Avenue.
1791/00/00 Gov William Blount Work Governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount, moves the territorial capital to James White's fort at the French Broad and Holston rivers, and renames it Knoxville in honor of Henry Knox, George Washington's Secretary of War.

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Particulars for James White's Fort:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Museum Type Historical Museum
Disposition Reconstructed Property
Historic Use Single dwelling




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