James White’s Fort
James White's Fort, also known as White's Fort, was an 18th-century fort and settlement that became Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States. The settlement of White's Fort began in 1786 by James White, a militia officer during the American Revolutionary War.- Type: Fort
- Description: 18th century fort and settlement
- Also known as: “James White Fort” and “White’s Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include William Blount Mansion and Bijou Theatre.
William Blount Mansion
Museum
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The Blount Mansion, also known as William Blount Mansion, located at 200 West Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, was the home of the only territorial governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount. William Blount Mansion is situated 990 feet southwest of James White’s Fort.
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 1,400 feet west of James White’s Fort.
Knoxville City-County Building
Government office
The Knoxville City-County Building is a building at 400 Main Street in Knoxville, Tennessee that houses the offices of the city government of Knoxville and the county government of Knox County, Tennessee. Knoxville City-County Building is situated 1,600 feet southwest of James White’s Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Knoxville and Old City.
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.
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.
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.
James White’s Fort
- Categories: house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Knox, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.9629° or 35° 57′ 46″ northLongitude
-83.91226° or 83° 54′ 44″ westOpen location code
867RX37Q+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 741772366OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q7994243
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In Other Languages
“James White’s Fort” goes by many names.
- French: “White’s Fort”
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