The house was first occupied by Robert Houston Armstrong and his wife, Louisa Franklin. It was built in 1858 for the couple as a wedding gift by the bride's father, Major Lawson D. Franklin. Robert Armstrong's father, Drury Armstrong, gave them the land. The Armstrongs named the house after Charles Dickens' "Bleak House" novel of the same name.[1] The bricks in the house were molded on-site using slave labor.[2]
Crescent Bend, built by Robert Armstrong's father, Drury, and Westwood, built by Robert's daughter, Adelia Armstrong Lutz, still stand a few blocks from the Bleak House on Kingston Pike.
Referencesedit
General
Knoxville: Fifty Landmarks. (Knoxville: The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville, 1976).
Notes
^ abA Brief History of Confederate Memorial Hall, United Daughters of the Confederacy, accessed October 24, 2008
^ abEast Tennessee's Mountain War Historical Sites, Tennessee Historical Commission
External linksedit
Confederate Memorial Hall - Historic Bleak House homepage
bleak, house, knoxville, tennessee, bleak, house, antebellum, classical, revival, style, house, knoxville, tennessee, national, register, historic, places, bleak, houseu, national, register, historic, placeslocation3148, kingston, pikeknoxville, tennesseearchi. Bleak House is an antebellum Classical Revival style house in Knoxville Tennessee It is on the National Register of Historic Places Bleak HouseU S National Register of Historic PlacesLocation3148 Kingston PikeKnoxville TennesseeArchitectural styleItalianateNRHP reference No 84000369Added to NRHPNovember 8 1984History editThe house was first occupied by Robert Houston Armstrong and his wife Louisa Franklin It was built in 1858 for the couple as a wedding gift by the bride s father Major Lawson D Franklin Robert Armstrong s father Drury Armstrong gave them the land The Armstrongs named the house after Charles Dickens Bleak House novel of the same name 1 The bricks in the house were molded on site using slave labor 2 The home was used by Confederate Generals James Longstreet and Lafayette McLaws as their headquarters from November 17 to December 4 of 1863 during the Battle of Knoxville Three Confederate sharpshooters who were stationed in the house s tower were killed by Union cannonballs Two of the cannonballs are still embedded in the walls and Civil War era sketches of the slain soldiers are displayed on the walls of the tower 1 2 The home now belongs to local Chapter 89 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and is commonly called Confederate Memorial Hall Crescent Bend built by Robert Armstrong s father Drury and Westwood built by Robert s daughter Adelia Armstrong Lutz still stand a few blocks from the Bleak House on Kingston Pike References editGeneral Knoxville Fifty Landmarks Knoxville The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville 1976 Notes a b A Brief History of Confederate Memorial Hall United Daughters of the Confederacy accessed October 24 2008 a b East Tennessee s Mountain War Historical Sites Tennessee Historical CommissionExternal links editConfederate Memorial Hall Historic Bleak House homepage National Register of Historic Places http www restoreknoxville com Neighborhoods KnoxvilleCollege tabid 890 Default aspx permanent dead link http www discoveret org kcwrt sites sm text htm https www bleakhouseknoxville org who are we Archived 2018 06 27 at the Wayback Machine 35 57 00 N 83 57 23 W 35 9500 N 83 9565 W 35 9500 83 9565 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bleak House Knoxville Tennessee amp oldid 1180345206, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
