East Tennessee History Center
East Tennessee History Center is a museum in Knox, Tennessee which is located on South Gay Street. East Tennessee History Center is situated nearby to the historic building Holston Building, as well as near the library Mcclung, E.Tn History Center & Knox Archives.- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Museum
- Address: 601 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tennessee Theatre and Bijou Theatre.
Tennessee Theatre
Theater building
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The Tennessee Theatre is a movie palace in the downtown core of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The theater opened in 1928 in the 1908 Burwell Building, considered Knoxville's first skyscraper.
Bijou Theatre
Theater building
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The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1909 as an addition to the Lamar House Hotel, the theater has at various times served as performance venue for traditional theatre, vaudeville, a second-run moviehouse, a commencement stage for the city's African-American high school, and a pornographic movie theater. Bijou Theatre is situated 660 feet southeast of East Tennessee History Center.
Lawson McGhee Library
Library
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The Lawson McGhee Library is the main library of Knox County Public Library in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is located at 500 West Church Avenue in downtown Knoxville. It is currently the oldest, continuously operating public library in Tennessee. Lawson McGhee Library is situated 770 feet southwest of East Tennessee History Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Knoxville and Knoxville.
Downtown Knoxville
Neighborhood
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Downtown Knoxville is the downtown area of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It contains the city's central business district and primary city and county municipal offices.
Knoxville
Knoxville, in Knox County, is the third-largest city in Tennessee. It is the home of the University of Tennessee's primary campus and site of the 1982 World's Fair.
Old City
Quarter
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The Old City is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located at the northeast corner of the city's downtown area. Originally part of a raucous and vice-ridden section of town known as "The Bowery," the Old City has since been revitalized through extensive redevelopment efforts carried out during the 1980s through the present.
East Tennessee History Center
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Knox, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.964° or 35° 57′ 50″ northLongitude
-83.91797° or 83° 55′ 5″ westLevels
3Operator
East Tennessee Historical SocietyOpen location code
867RX37J+HROpenStreetMap ID
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