Marble Springs State Park
Marble springs state historic site is also generously supported by knox county and the arts and heritage fund with supplemental funds provided by the governor john sevier memorial.
Marble springs state park. Marble springs was the home of john sevier the first governor of tennessee. 5 22 mi hyatt place knoxville downtown 5 23 mi the tennessean hotel 5 28 mi the oliver hotel 9 58 mi twin valley bed and breakfast and horse ranch 9 73 mi hampton inn and suites knoxville north. The several historical buildings c 1830 include a tavern kitchen loom house and main house. A cabin at the site was once believed to have been sevier s.
This beautiful creek is the focus of marble creek rec area which also offers a primitive campground a picnic area and is the main trailhead for the ozark. Marble springs state historic site is the last remaining home of john sevier the first governor of the state of tennessee. Marble springs also known as the gov. View all hotels near marble springs state historic site on tripadvisor.
Marble springs state historic site is also generously supported by knox county and the arts and heritage fund with supplemental funds provided by the governor john sevier memorial. Marble creek which travels through the national forest for about 20 miles is named for its colorful deposits of dolomite which was mined and used as taum sauk marble many years ago. John sevier home is a state historic site in south knox county tennessee in the southeastern united states the site was the home of john sevier 1745 1815 a revolutionary war and frontier militia commander and later the first governor of tennessee from 1790 until his death in 1815. There is a pavilion for picnics.
Sevier named his farm marble springs because of the tennessee rose marble that was quarried on site and the natural springs that flowed on the property.