The Riley H. Andes House is a historic house in

Sevierville, Tennessee Sevierville ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Tennessee, located in eastern Tennessee. The population was 17,889 at the 2020 United States Census. History Native Americans of the Woodland period were among the first human ...

, United States.

History

The house was built in 1867 for Riley H. Andes, his wife, Rebecca Rimel, and their daughter Sallie. The

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and Queen Anne woodcarving was designed by Lewis Buckner, an African-American carpenter, in 1890. After Riley Andes's death in 1917, their daughter Sallie, who was married to J. W. Trotter, rented the house, until she sold it to John Denton in 1942. It is now home to the Robert A. Tino Gallery, named after a local painter. The house has been listed on the

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since July 8, 1980.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Houses completed in 1867 Houses in Sevier County, Tennessee Queen Anne architecture in Tennessee 1867 establishments in Tennessee {{SevierCountyTN-NRHP-stub