Blount, William, Mansion
Historic house in Knoxville, Tennessee. Built 1792 by William Blount. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Blount Mansion, also known as William Blount Mansion, located at 200 West Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, was the home of the only territorial governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount (1749–1800). Blount, a Founding Father of the United States, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a U.S. Senator from Tennessee, lived on the property with his family and ten African-American slaves. The mansion served as the de facto capitol of the Southwest Territory. In 1796, much of the Tennessee Constitution was drafted in Governor Blount's office at the mansion. Tennessee state historian John Trotwood Moore once called Blount Mansion "the most important historical spot in Tennessee."
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 200 W. Hill Ave., Knoxville, TN |
| County | Knox County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000726 |
| Built | 1792 |
| Architect | William Blount |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 3 buildings, 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Address | 200 W. Hill Ave., Knoxville, TN |
| Coordinates | 35.96111, -83.91480 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Great Smoky Mountains National Park · 34 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Look Rock Campground 22 mi · Abram'S Creek Campground 24 mi · Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Pavilion 24 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000726. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.