Nuseum Marble Tennessee

However it has been known as tennessee marble for two centuries.

Nuseum marble tennessee. Built in 1858 three generations of the same family resided in the italianate style home overlooking downtown knoxville the tennessee river and great smoky mountains. Born in tellico plains in 1924 charles has been a local historian since boyhood. Tennessee marble company is the exclusive quarrier of tennessee marble. Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in east tennessee in the southeastern united states long esteemed by architects and builders for its pinkish gray color and the ease with which it is polished this stone has been used in the construction of numerous notable buildings and monuments throughout the united states and canada including the national gallery of art and.

Museum exists to preserve regional and appalachian history with an emphasis on the tellico plains area. The mabry hazen house museum listed on the national register of historic places is located atop mabry s hill in knoxville tennessee. We deliver quality stone products promote the integrity of the stone industry and are committed to environmental stewardship at and around our quarries. The marble industry was once an important sector of east tennessee s economy.

Once a person recognizes the stone tennessee marble is everywhere in and on buildings around the country said art historian. Tennessee marble company 343 west vinegar valley road po box 249 friendsville tennessee tn 37737 email address. By the mid 1850s east tennessee marble from knox county had been chosen for the interiors of the tennessee state capitol and marble from hawkins county was being installed inside the new house of representatives and senate wings of the united states capitol. This list of museums in tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions including nonprofit organizations government entities and private businesses that collect and care for objects of cultural artistic scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing museums that exist only in cyberspace i e virtual.

Rock of ages is at the history museum through april 30 2017. In addition to our tennessee quarries we have access to quarries all over the us including vermont alabama colorado. Knoxville marble is obvious in the architecture of the national gallery of art in washington d c claimed to be the largest marble building in the world. Among the first white settlers in the area his mother s family settled in tellico.