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Beautiful in any
season, this old house has stood a sometimes lonely
vigil on a hill overlooking the Tennessee River
valley foothills. Ask what the old stone house has
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1700's.
First built. Indian territory, very few neighbors
and they were in log cabins long since gone. Quiet
and peaceful most of the time, this was a frontier.
This area first became a state - North Carolina.
Later it was changed to the
State of Franklin.
Finally, in 1796, the state of Tennessee. |
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1800's.
Times of trouble. Tensions brewed as the conflicts
over slavery escalated. And the Civil War raged,
with battles not far away, and skirmishes right
here. In fact, there are still scars on the house
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1900's.
More neighbors. Folks began to move here in numbers.
The mighty Tennessee river was dammed at nearby Fort
Loudon, the Little Tennessee and Tellico rivers too.
Logging continued big time in the Appalachian
mountains here, until the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park was created in the 1930's. |
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2000's.
Even more neighbors. Knoxville (30 miles upstream on
the Tennessee river) continues to be the hub city
for east Tennessee. Tourists flock to the Great
Smokies, to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Retirees
build their dream homes on the lakes and on all the
old small farms. But the Old Stone House sits
relatively unchanged, with just enough modernization
to keep it functional and in good repair. |
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Upper Room
Upstairs is just one large room,
with a beautiful fireplace. Five big
windows give views of the graveyard
out back, and the mountains to the
front. |
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Living Area
Fireplace heat was it for over 200
years. This is one of four
fireplaces in the house. Uniquely
designed to share only two chimneys,
they're amazingly well made. |
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South Bedroom
There are two bedrooms on the ground
floor, each with its own fireplace
and window. This is the main
bedroom, with original heart pine
floors and a window to the south. |
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North Bedroom
This is the north bedroom. It's a
little smaller than the main bedroom
but has its own fireplace and a
window that looks out over the creek
bottom behind the house. |
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