Rogersville Historic District

Historic district in Tennessee, United States

United States historic place


Rogersville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Looking east on Main Street
36°24′26″N 83°0′19″W / 36.40722°N 83.00528°W / 36.40722; -83.00528
Built	1786
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	73001787^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1973

The Rogersville Historic District is a historic district in Rogersville, Tennessee, the county seat of Hawkins County. It is both a local historic district and a National Register of Historic Places historic district.

The local historic district established by the Town of Rogersville to safeguard, preserve, and protect hundreds of unique and historically significant structures in and around the town's downtown area. It comprises numerous neighborhoods and business areas, with architecture and significant historical events occurring throughout the history of the town, since its settlement by Davy Crockett's grandparents in 1775.^{[citation needed]}

The street plan of the core of the district, which centers on Rogersville's commercial and governmental hub, was designed by the town's founder, Joseph Rogers, when he petitioned the North Carolina General Assembly to establish a town at Hawkins Court House in 1786.^{[citation needed]}

The local historic district is administered by the Town of Rogersville's Historic Preservation Commission, a governmental body.^[2]

It includes numerous historically significant structures, including:

Hale Springs Inn, c. 1824
Hawkins County Courthouse, c. 1836
Overton Lodge, c. 1840

The entire Rogersville Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Grubb, Bill (October 26, 2007). "Residents want to shrink historic zone - planners reject request". The Rogersville Review. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013.

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Nashville: Goodspeed. 1887. OCLC 7914830.
Price, Henry R (2002). Old Rogersville: An Illustrated History of Rogersville, Tennessee. Vol. 1. Rogersville: H R Price. OCLC 51158046.
Price, Henry R (1996). Hawkins County: A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach: Donnings Co. ISBN 0-89865-974-4.