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LANDMARK PLAQUE PROGRAM

In 1988, the Greene County Heritage Trust initiated the Landmark Plaque Program, which enabled churches, schools, businesses, hospitals, public buildings, and individual property-owners to identify sites of historic interest and significance throughout the county. The bronze plaque bearing the logo of the Greene County Heritage Trust and the words “Greene County Landmark” were available for $40.00.

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Included in the program were properties at least 75 years old with some feature that is unique and of historic significance, such as the property’s being a noted person’s home, or the property’s being the site of a historic incident.  Nominations were supported by evidence as to its age and other features.  The property-owner agreed to keep the property in good condition, and in the event the property was sold, the owner agreed to surrender the Landmark Plaque until the property could be reclassified. In 1988, there were 39 participants:

BUILDINGS

 

  • American Calendar Company

  • Greeneville Machine and Iron Works

  • Jeffers Mortuary

  • Opera House/Auditorium

CHURCHES

 

  • Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church

  • Ebenezer Methodist Church (Chuckey)

  • First Presbyterian Church of Greeneville

  • Wesley’s Chapel United Methodist Church

  • Zion United Methodist Church

FARMS

 

  • Elmwood Farm (Chuckey)

  • Seven Springs Farm (Mosheim)

  • Whispering Hills Farm
    (Baileyton Road)

  • Woolsey Farm (Baileyton)

HOMES

 

  • Andrew Dickson Susong Home (Warrensburg)

  • Bon Air

  • Boxwood Manor

  • Hill Top

  • James Lowery Home

  • Major James G. Reaves Home

  • Rumbough-Hacker House

  • Valentine Sevier Home
    (North Main Street)

  • Valentine Sevier Home
    (South Main Street)

OTHER

 

  • Chuckey Depot

  • Dickson-Williams Mansion

  • Drake-Brown House

  • Earnest Fort

  • Harmon’s Playground

  • John Dickson’s Mansion (Lancaster’s Jewelers/Adams & Plucker CPA)

  • Mohawk Depot

  • Oak Grove Cemetery

RESTORATION PROJECTS

 

  • Blue Springs Spring House (Mosheim)

  • Greene County Stone Gaol

  • Lutheran Log Church (St. James Community)

  • Quaker Knob Church (Rheatown)

  • Samuel Doak Homestead (Tusculum)

  • Replica of State of Franklin Capitol

  • The Big Spring

SCHOOLS

 

  • Midway School

  • Roby Fitzgerald School

CENTURY FARM PROGRAM

The Tennessee Century Farms Program was created in 1975 by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as part of our nation’s bicentennial celebration. The primary focus of the program is to continue honoring and recognizing the dedication and contributions of families who have owned and farmed the same land for at least 100 years. Special recognition is given to Pioneer Century Farms (farms founded in or prior to the year 1796, the year Tennessee became a state), farms in the National Register of Historic Places, farms that are part of the Land Trust of Tennessee, farms with African American founders, and farms founded by women. See website www.tncenturyfarms.org . 

At the 1977 Heritage Trust Early American Christmas Dinner, the late Richard Doughty, then president, reported that 36 Greene County farms had been recognized by the Century Farms Program. Currently the Tennessee Department of Agriculture has 68 Greene County farms in the Century Farms Program.

  • Alban Hills Farm 1822

  • Anderson Farm 1794 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • B.Williams Farm 1866

  • Bailey Farm 1788 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • Baker Place Farm 1857

  • Bales Farm 1882

  • Basil Myers Farm 1897 *Female Founder

  • Baskette Farm 1836

  • Big Elm Farm 1856

  • Bird Haven Farm 1833

  • Bolton Farm 1888

  • Bowers Valley Farm 1909

  • Coulston Farm 1803

  • Crum Farm 1872 *National Register 

  • Doty Farm 1783 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • Earley Farm 1880

  • Easterly Farm 1796 *Pioneer Century Farm 

  • Elmwood 1777 *National Register *Pioneer Century Farm

  • Fermanagh-Ross Farm 1870 *National Register

  • Five Springs 1870

  • Graveyard Hill 1795 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • Harmony Hills 1905

  • Hayes Farm 1870

  • Hilldale Farm 1830

  • Horse Creek Farm 1778 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • ller Point Farm 1879

  • J.B. Woolsey Farm 1824

  • Jack Murray Farm 1829

  • James D. Whittenburg Farm 1853

  • Jenny-Ben Farm 1848

  • Johnson Farm 1915

  • Kenneth Rhea Family Farm 1909

  • Kenneytown Farm 1850

  • Lee Susong Farm 1858

  • Lindavista 1802

  • Lister-Waddell Farm 1853

  • Lost Mountain Farms 1859

  • Mardale Acres 1868

  • Mattie Lou Broyles Snapp Farm 1778 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • Milburn Farm 1882

  • Neas Mountain View Farm 1906

  • Newt & Rettie Mathews Farm 1866

  • Phil Gaby and Sons Farm 1892

  • Pin Oak Farm 1806

  • Redland Farm 1881

  • Redland Farm #2 1852

  • Reed Crossing 1808

  • Renner Farm (a.k.a. Little Meadow Creek Farm) 1877

  • Rivamonte 1835

  • Rocky Field Farm 1796 *Pioneer Century Farm

  • S.K. Alexander Farm 1836

  • Scruggs Homestead 1799

  • Sheffey Farm 1837

  • Sideline Farm 1895

  • Solomon Farm 1829

  • Southerland Farm 1900

  • Southern Breeze Farm 1914

  • Still Hollow Farm 1857

  • The Steele "Holm" Farm 1853

  • Twin Acres 1849

  • Waddle Nolachuckey River Farm 1889

  • Whispering Hills 1850

  • Woolsey Overlook Farms 1779 *Pioneer Century Farm

Since the Greene County Heritage Trust was established as a local nonprofit 501(c)3 organization in 1973,  its primary mission has been to help protect, preserve, and/or restore Greeneville and Greene County structures, sites, and artifacts that are part of our countywide community’s rich historic and cultural legacy. In addition, working with other similar groups, the Trust seeks to increase public awareness of that legacy, and build respect and appreciation for it.

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