This article lists the oldest extant buildings in Tennessee, including extant buildings and structures constructed prior to and during the United States rule over Tennessee. Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type.
In order to qualify for the list, a structure must: be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy); incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least in height and/or be a listed building.
This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues. Bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfill the above criteria. Dates for many of the oldest structures have been arrived at by radiocarbon dating or dendrochronology and should be considered approximate. If the exact year of initial construction is estimated, it will be shown as a range of dates.
List of oldest buildings
BuildingImage Location First built UseNotesLong MeadowSurgoinsville1762-64ResidenceOriginal log structure is within the walls of current homeEdward Cox HouseBluff City1774Residence Carter Mansion at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Elizabethton 1775-80 Residence Oldest frame house in Tennessee"Everyone In Tennessee Should Visit These 20 Houses For Their Incredible Past" https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/historic-houses-tn/Robert Young CabinJohnson City1776ResidenceRelocated to Optimist Park in 1978, moved to Winged Deer Park in 1996Christopher Taylor HouseJonesborough1777ResidenceIn 1974, the house was moved intact to downtown Jonesborough to save it from demolition.Dungan's Mill and Stone HouseWatauga1778Residence, MillThe mill, later known as St. John, operated continuously from 1778 until 2011. Yancey's TavernKingsport1779TavernEarnest Fort HouseChuckey1779-84ResidenceAmis HouseRogersville1781-83ResidenceOldest dam in Tennessee is on Big Creek below the house Sinking Creek Baptist Church Johnson City 1783 ChurchOldest church in TNTipton-Haynes HouseJohnson City1784ResidencePart of Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site Rock Castle (Hendersonville, Tennessee) Hendersonville 1784-1791 Residence earliest known version of Federal Style architecture in Tennessee.Acuff ChapelBlountville1786ChurchOldest Methodist church in TN Dixona Dixon Springs 1787-88 Residence Bowen–Campbell House Goodlettsville 1789 Residence Log Cabin at The Tanglewood House Clarksville 1790s Residence Purportedly the oldest log cabin in TN William Blount Mansion Knoxville 1792 Residence Buckingham House (Sevierville, Tennessee) Sevierville 1795 Residence Home of military leader John Sevier Big Spring Union Church Claiborne County 1795 Church Log church, one of oldest church buildings in TNChester InnJonesborough1797InnNow operating as a state-owned museum Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee) Nashville 1799 Residence Oldest home in Nashville open to the public."Everyone In Tennessee Should Visit These 20 Houses For Their Incredible Past" https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/historic-houses-tn/
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee History of Tennessee Oldest buildings in the United States
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