Crockett Tavern Museum

The Crockett Tavern Museum is a history museum in Morristown, Tennessee, that commemorates the American folk hero David "Davy" Crockett. The museum was started in 1955, when a popular craze over the legacy of Davy Crockett was at its peak, and opened in 1958.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include College Square Mall and Morristown Main Street Historic District.

College Square Mall

Shopping center

College Square is an indoor regional shopping mall located in Morristown, Tennessee. College Square is owned by Time Equities Inc and managed by Urban Retail Properties. It features approximately 50 stores and restaurants including AMC College Square 12. College Square Mall is situated 2,200 feet east of Crockett Tavern Museum.

Morristown Main Street Historic District

Historic site

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The Morristown Main Street Historic District is a National Register of Historic Places' historic district in Morristown, Tennessee, United States. It is primarily focused on the central business district area of Morristown. Morristown Main Street Historic District is situated 1½ miles west of Crockett Tavern Museum.

Rose Center

Community center

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Rose Center is a community cultural center in Morristown, Tennessee, housed in the Rose School, which was built in 1892 as Morristown's first coeducational public high school. Rose Center is situated 2 miles west of Crockett Tavern Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morristown and Russellville.

Morristown

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Morristown is in Eastern Tennessee. Settled in the years just after the Revolutionary War, around 1787, Davy Crockett once lived here. Prior to the Civil Rights era, Morristown had one of the only two colleges in eastern Tennessee established for African Americans, called Morristown College.

Russellville

Village

Russellville is a census-designated place in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Located along U.S. Route 11E-Tennessee State Route 34, it is situated approximately at a midpoint between Whitesburg and Morristown. Russellville is situated 5 miles northeast of Crockett Tavern Museum.

Witt

Suburb

Witt is an unincorporated community in Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. Witt is situated 5 miles south of Crockett Tavern Museum.

Crockett Tavern Museum

Type: Historic building
Description: museum in Morristown, Tennessee
Categories: museum building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Hamblen, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.22142° or 36° 13′ 17″ north

Longitude

-83.26755° or 83° 16′ 3″ west

Open location code

868R6PCJ+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 904504325

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q16952815

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