Statesview
{{short description|Historic house in Tennessee, United States}}
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| location = About 10 mi. SW of (Downtown) Knoxville off U.S. 70
| nearest_city = Knoxville, Tennessee
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| architecture = FederalEllen Beasley, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Statesview, 2 November 1972.
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Statesview, or States View, is a historic house located on South Peters Road off Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1805 by Knoxville architect Thomas Hope and rebuilt in 1823 following a fire, Statesview was originally the home of surveyor Charles McClung. Following McClung's death, newspaper publisher Frederick Heiskell purchased the house and estate, which he renamed "Fruit Hill."Nannie Lee Hicks, Mary Rothrock (ed.), "Some Early Communities," The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), p. 334. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and political significance.
Design
Statesview is a simple, two-story Federal-style brick house, located on a wooded lot opposite the intersection of South Peters Road and George Williams Road. The house consists of a main section, a smaller (but still two stories) northeast wing, and a modern rear addition. The main section consists of a central entry hall flanked by rooms on either side, with a staircase leading to the second story. It is unknown how closely the current house, reconstructed following a fire in 1823, resembles the original house, or if it includes any part of the original.
History
Statesview was built for early Knoxville surveyor Charles McClung, a son-in-law of Knoxville founder James White.Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 446-7. McClung drew up the original 1791 plat of Knoxville and surveyed what is now Kingston Pike during the same period. Construction on Statesview, then located in an isolated area west of Knoxville, began around 1804 and was completed in 1805. To build the house, McClung hired Thomas Hope, an English-born architect and house joiner who had previously built the Ramsey House in east Knox County.Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 428-429.
Following McClung's death in 1835, his heirs sold the house and estate to Frederick Heiskell.Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.:East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), p. 423. Heiskell had cofounded the Knoxville Register, the city's leading newspaper, in 1816. Prior to purchasing Statesview, he sold his interest in the paper and retired. Heiskell renamed the estate "Fruit Hill."
By the time Heiskell purchased Statesview, the estate consisted of {{convert|1200|acre|ha}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=K77Gl0Q7TsAC&dq=%22fruit+hill%22+heiskell&pg=PP19 A Forty-Niner from Tennessee: The Diary of Hugh Brown] (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1998), p. xiv. and included a gristmill along nearby Sinking Creek (modern Ten Mile Creek) known as "Mansion Mill" (replaced c.1870 by Ebenezer Mill),Ann Bennett, {{NRHP url|id=64500608|title=Historic and Architectural Resources of Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee}}, May 1994, p. 32. Retrieved: 18 April 2011. as well as a sawmill. Heiskell planted extensive orchards throughout the estate, where he grew apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, and quinces. He also raised horses, cattle, and hogs.
Around 1880, Heiskell, then in his early 90s, moved back to Knoxville.Samuel G. Heiskell, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HuwTAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22fruit+hill%22+heiskell&pg=PA80 Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History] (Nashville: Ambrose Printing Company, 1918), p. 80. The ownership of Statesview passed to his stepson, James Fulkerson.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Knoxville: Fifty Landmarks. (Knoxville: The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville, 1976), page 10.
Category:Houses in Knoxville, Tennessee
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Knoxville, Tennessee