The G.W. Blackley House is one of the oldest houses in

Bristol, Tennessee Bristol is a city in the State of Tennessee. Located in Sullivan County, its population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The ...

. It was listed on the Bristol Register of Historic Places in 2010. This

federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...

house was constructed by noted local furniture builder George W. Blackley at 122 East State Street in 1869. Blackley was one of the early settlers of Bristol, arriving in the area from

Albemarle County, Virginia Albemarle County is a county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, which is an independent city and enclave entirely surrounded by the county. Albemarle County is part of the Char ...

, around 1855. He was a master

carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. ...

who built homes and made fine

furniture Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Fu ...

for other settlers. The house stands near historic East Hill Cemetery, where many who took up arms in a war of rebellion against the United States on behalf of the Confederacy are buried, including James Keeling. The G.W. Blackley house is one of the oldest homes in the town of Bristol and the first home built on East Hill."Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia: A History, 1852-1900", Victor N. Phillips, The Overmountain Press, 1992. Historic restoration is planned beginning in 2011–2012. The remaining property consists of 0.30 acres.

References

External links

The Bristol Historical Association
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