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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPU_the-gem-theatre_Kingsport-TN.html
The old Gem Theatre was one of the first buildings in downtown Kingsport. Built in 1915, this building has been used for everything from a country-western bar to a church. It was originally a movie theater that showed a variety of films including …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPS_bank-of-kingsport_Kingsport-TN.html
As the area began to develop, citizens began to realize that they needed a place to invest their money. As a result, the Bank of Kingsport was built in 1912. This financial institution was the first bank in the model city. It holds another place i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPR_train-depot_Kingsport-TN.html
The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Passenger Train Station, along with the adjacent Freight Depot, were built in 1916. The building's design was a product of New York architect Clinton McKenzie. Access to the railroad instantly gave Kingsport the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPP_kingsport-drug_Kingsport-TN.html
This building was constructed in 1915 and housed the City's first drug store. Some of the first physicians in Kingsport kept their offices and practiced medicine on the second floor. The drug store featured one of the first soda fountains in town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPN_kingsport-public-library_Kingsport-TN.html
The Kingsport Book Club established the Kingsport Public Library in 1929. It was originally housed in the YMCA building and then moved to this site, which was the former U.S. Post Office site on Broad Street. Thomas Hastings of New York designed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPM_church-circle_Kingsport-TN.html
This Kingsport landmark was designed by railroad engineer William Dunlap and refined by city planner John Nolen as an original part of the 1919 City Plan, Church Circle is one of the cornerstones of planned urban design with its "spoke and wheel" …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFOK_ralph-s-peer_Bristol-TN.html
Ralph S. Peer was born in 1892 in Independence, Missouri. He grew up in the record business, working in the shop where his father sold phonographs and recordings for the Columbia Graphophone Company.
After service in WWI, as a talent scout for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFB7_civil-war-memorial_Bristol-TN.html
Presented by Col. J.M.Barker of Bristol, Tenn. to the Chapter of the U.D.C. in memory of the brave men and noble women of Tennessee and Virgina from 1861 to 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5F_king-college_Bristol-TN.html
Located 4 miles to the east in Bristol, Tennessee. Founded in 1867 by the Reverend James King and other Presbyterian leaders to provide "a thorough classical and scientific training, combined with moral and religious instruction." Since 1915 this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5D_first-ironworks_Bristol-TN.html
1/2 mile north, in 1784, Col. James King, Revolutionary veteran who was at Yorktown, built an ironworks at the mouth of Steel's Creek. A later associate was Governor William Blount. With the King Ironworks was also the first nail factory in the St…