Baker Peters House

Baker Peters House

The Baker Peters House is an antebellum house located on the south side of Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, near the intersection of Peters Road and Kingston Pike. The house is a two-story Greek Revival structure. It has a porte-cochere on the east side for carriages, and a rear wing that projects out on the southwest side of the house. It also has a columned, two-story front porch. The main body of the house is brick, but the rear wing was originally finished in wood siding.

It was constructed circa 1840 by Dr. Harvey Baker. He continued to own the house until his death during the Civil War. Dr. Baker was politically in the minority in Knoxville as a supporter of secession. He was killed by locally-raised Union troops while treating wounded Confederate soldiers in the house. The troops fired through a barricaded door in the home, and hit Dr. Baker. His son Abner, a Confederate soldier, is reported to have later killed the informant suspected of reporting Dr. Baker's activities to the Union soldiers.

The Baker Peters House was one of several antebellum plantation homes on Kingston Pike. Mabry Hood House, located to the west on Kingston Pike, was demolished in the late 20th century to make way for Pellissippi Parkway. The Baker Peters House avoided a similar fate, but the site has been compromised by commercial uses. The building itself now houses a restaurant/nightclub, while the land around it is occupied by parking lots and businesses. Crescent Bend (The Armstrong-Lockett House), Bleak House, and Knollwood, all located farther to the east on Kingston Pike, remain in good condition.

The Baker Peters house is currently a jazz club and restaurant.

External links

* [http://www.bakerpetersjazzclub.com/bp/ Baker Peters Jazz Club and Restaurant]
* [http://www.knoxmpc.org/historic/areas/citylist.htm Knoxville MPC Historic List]
* [http://www.metropulse.com/dir_zine/dir_2001/1115/t_cover.html Metropulse Article Online: Baker Peters House]


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