Ramsey House

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caption = The Ramsey House
location = SE of Knoxville on Thorngrove Pike
nearest_city =Knoxville, Tennessee
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built =1797
architect =Thomas Hope
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added = December 23, 1969
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refnum =69000180
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governing_body = The Ramsey House is a two-story, stone house in Knox County, Tennessee. Also known as Swan Pond, the house was constructed circa 1797 by Thomas Hope for Francis Alexander Ramsey. Mr. Hope was brought in from Charleston, South Carolina, to design the house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Francis Alexander Ramsey was an official in Washington County, Tennessee government, in the State of Franklin, in the territorial government and in the State of Tennessee. His career as a public servant lasted 37 years. Ramsey's children include W.B.A. Ramsey, the first elected mayor of Knoxville, and J.G.M. Ramsey, an early Tennessee historian and author of "The Annals of Tennessee".

The house and grounds, located at 2614 Thorngrove Pike, are open to the public. The house is built of native red marble with blue limestone trim. It is known for the quality of its interior and exterior detailing, as well as the period furniture pieces in the house.

References

* Isenhour, Judith Clayton. "Knoxville - A Pictorial History." (Donning, 1978), page 20.
* Rothrock, Mary U., editor. "The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee." (Knox County Historical Committee; East Tennessee Historical Society, 1946).
* "Knoxville: Fifty Landmarks." (Knoxville: The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville, 1976).

External links

* [http://www.ramseyhouse.org/ Ramsey House Website]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:11:./temp/~ammem_qHeB:: Library of Congress - Historic American Buildings Survey: Ramsey House]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/tn/knox/state2.html National Register of Historic Places]
* [http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/about/history.asp City of Knoxville History Page]
* [http://www.knoxmpc.org/historic/areas/cntylist.htm Knoxville MPC Historic Buildings]