Emory Place Historic District

Emory Place Historic District
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Emory Place Historic District is located in Tennessee
Emory Place Historic District
Emory Place Historic District is located in the United States
Emory Place Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Broadway, N. Central, Emory, Fifth, East Fourth, and King
Knoxville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°58′26.65″N 83°55′20.94″W / 35.9740694°N 83.9224833°W / 35.9740694; -83.9224833
Areaapproximately 10 acres (4.0 ha)[1]
Built1880–1930
ArchitectCharles I. Barber, Albert Baumann, Sr., Dean Parmalee, R. F. Graf, etc.
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Neoclassical Revival
NRHP reference No.94001259 (original)
100008890 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1994
Boundary increaseApril 20, 2023

The Emory Place Historic District is a historic district in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located just north of the city's downtown area. The district consists of several commercial, residential, religious, and public buildings that developed around a late nineteenth century train and trolley station. The district includes the Knoxville High School building, St. John's Lutheran Church, First Christian Church, and some of the few surviving rowhouses in Knoxville. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, with a boundary increase in 2023.[1]

Following railroad construction in the 1850s, Knoxville slowly expanded northward. In 1890, the "Dummy Line," a railroad line connecting Knoxville and Fountain City, was established, with what is now Emory Place as its southern terminus. A farmers' market and several small industrial and commercial firms developed adjacent to the train station to take advantage of the influx of customers and transportation advantages. While Emory Place declined with the dismantling of Knoxville's trolley system in the late 1940s, many of its late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century buildings still stand, and have been restored.[2]

  1. ^ a b Ann Bennett, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Emory Place Historic District, May 1994.
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