Statesview
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Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Statesview, or States View, is a historic house located on South Peters Road off Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1805 by Knoxville architect Thomas Hope and rebuilt in 1823 following a fire, Statesview was originally the home of surveyor Charles McClung. Following McClung's death, newspaper publisher Frederick Heiskell purchased the house and estate, which he renamed "Fruit Hill."[1] The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and political significance.[2]
Design
Statesview is a simple, two-story Federal-style brick house,[2] located on a wooded lot opposite the intersection of South Peters Road and George Williams Road. The house consists of a main section, a smaller (but still two stories) northeast wing, and a modern rear addition.[2] The main section consists of a central entry hall flanked by rooms on either side, with a staircase leading to the second story.[2] It is unknown how closely the current house, reconstructed following a fire in 1823, resembles the original house, or if it includes any part of the original.[2]
History
Statesview was built for early Knoxville surveyor Charles McClung, a son-in-law of Knoxville founder James White.[3] McClung drew up the original 1791 plat of Knoxville and surveyed what is now Kingston Pike during the same period.[3] Construction on Statesview, then located in an isolated area west of Knoxville, began around 1804 and was completed in 1805.[2] To build the house, McClung hired Thomas Hope, an English-born architect and house joiner who had previously built the Ramsey House in east Knox County.[4]
Following McClung's death in 1835, his heirs sold the house and estate to Frederick Heiskell.[5] Heiskell had cofounded the Knoxville Register, the city's leading newspaper, in 1816.[5] Prior to purchasing Statesview, he sold his interest in the paper and retired.[6] Heiskell renamed the estate "Fruit Hill."[1]
By the time Heiskell purchased Statesview, the estate consisted of Script error: No such module "convert".[6] and included a gristmill along nearby Sinking Creek (modern Ten Mile Creek) known as "Mansion Mill" (replaced c.1870 by Ebenezer Mill),[7] as well as a sawmill.[6] Heiskell planted extensive orchards throughout the estate, where he grew apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, and quinces. He also raised horses, cattle, and hogs.[6]
Around 1880, Heiskell, then in his early 90s, moved back to Knoxville.[8] The ownership of Statesview passed to his stepson, James Fulkerson.[5]
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References
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- ↑ a b Nannie Lee Hicks, Mary Rothrock (ed.), "Some Early Communities," The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), p. 334.
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- ↑ a b Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 446-7.
- ↑ Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 428-429.
- ↑ a b c Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.:East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), p. 423.
- ↑ a b c d A Forty-Niner from Tennessee: The Diary of Hugh Brown (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1998), p. xiv.
- ↑ Ann Bennett, Template:NRHP url, May 1994, p. 32. Retrieved: 18 April 2011.
- ↑ Samuel G. Heiskell, Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History (Nashville: Ambrose Printing Company, 1918), p. 80.
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Further reading
- Knoxville: Fifty Landmarks. (Knoxville: The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville, 1976), page 10.