Maryville

  • Historic College Hill Home

    Historic College Hill Home

    This home, known as “Casablanca” was built in 1880 by A. G. Howe. It’s located in Maryville, Tennessee and is part of the College Hill Historic District. It originally had two front doors and two separate porches, but as you can see they have joined them together. It sits on almost two acres and just…

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  • Historic Maryville Home

    Historic Maryville Home

    The David Jones House in Maryville, Tennessee was built in 1887. This is the last home built in Second Empire style still standing in Blount County today. David Jones was born in Wales and came to the US in 1857. He was a brick maker and his company built several buildings in the area including…

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  • Double-Porched Maryville Home

    Double-Porched Maryville Home

    This is the beautiful McNutt-Howard House in Maryville, Tennessee. It was built in 1900 by Robert G. McNutt in the Queen Anne and Classic Revival style. It’s not clear if he actually lived in the home. He built two on the same street in the same style. McNutt sold the house to W.B. Howard in…

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  • Pink House Now Known as Gray Tower

    Pink House Now Known as Gray Tower

    Before we get too far from Halloween, I have to share this house! The Barnes House in Maryville, Tennessee – Circa 1896. It was built for Dr and Mrs Jasper Barnes who was a dean and professor of psycholoy at Maryville College. It remained in the Barnes family until 1971. It started as a white…

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  • Oldest Home in Maryville, TN

    The Thompson-Brown House in Maryville, Tennessee was possibly built in the late 1790s by Alexander McKee. Local traditions suggest the date and the building construction is consistent with that. The first record of the house is a birth that occured in this home written in a letter by William Thompson in 1823. Either way, the…

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