The site of this historic stone structure, in addition to nearby Fort Defiance and a large portion of present-day New Providence, encompasses a 640-acre Revolutionary land grant purchased by early Tennessee settler Valentine Sevier. Sevier founded a small frontier outpost on these bluffs, above the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers, in c.1792. Structures in the settlement included living quarters as well as a blacksmith shop.
The site is further significant in Clarksville history as the location of the Atkinson house. Thomas Atkinson was a farmer, successful merchant, and developer of the short-lived town of Cumberland (present-day New Providence). In c. 1819, Atkinson built a two-story home, possibly utilizing this structure as a detached kitchen. The Atkinson house was demolished in 1988.
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