Island Home Park, Knoxville

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Island Home Park is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located in the southeastern part of the city along the Tennessee River. Developed as a streetcar suburb in the early 1900s, the neighborhood retains most of its original houses and streetscapes, and is home to the city's largest concentration of Bungalow-style houses. In 1994, several dozen houses in Island Home Park were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Island Home Park Historic District. ()

Coordinates: 35°57'33"N, 83°52'52"W

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Island Home Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Volunteer Landing, Blount Mansion.

2.5 miW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Neyland Stadium, Knoxville
63 min walk • Neyland Stadium, is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, but is also used to host large conventions and has been a site for several National Football League exhibition games.
1.7 miW
Sport venue, Sport, Theater
Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville
45 min walk • General James White Memorial Civic Auditorium and Coliseum is a multi-purpose events facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, owned by the Knoxville city government and managed by SMG.
2 miW
Park
Volunteer Landing, Knoxville
52 min walk • Volunteer Landing is a public park and riverwalk along the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is below the Gay Street Bridge.
1.9 miW
Museum, History museum, Architecture
Blount Mansion, Knoxville
49 min walk • The Blount Mansion, also known as William Blount Mansion, located at 200 West Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, was the home of the only territorial governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount. Blount, also a signer of the United States Constitution and a U.S.
1 miN
Golf
Colonel John Williams House, Knoxville
27 min walk • The Colonel John Williams House in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, was built in 1825–1826 by the slaves of Melinda White Williams, wife of Colonel John Williams, while he was away serving as Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala for President John Quincy Adams.
2 miW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Bijou Theatre, Knoxville
52 min walk • The Bijou Theatre is a theater located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1909 as an addition to the Lamar House Hotel, the theater has at various times served as performance venue for traditional theatre, vaudeville, a second-run moviehouse, a commencement stage...
1.7 miW
Museum devoted to female basketballers
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Knoxville
43 min walk • The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. It is the only facility of its kind dedicated to all levels of women's basketball.
1.9 miE
Cemetery
Lebanon in the Forks Cemetery, Knoxville
49 min walk • The Lebanon in the Fork Cemetery, also known as Three Rivers Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at 2390 Asbury Road in eastern Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S..
1.9 miW
Bridge
Gay Street Bridge, Knoxville
48 min walk • The Gay Street Bridge is a vehicle bridge that crosses the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Completed in 1898, the 1,512-foot bridge is the oldest of four vehicle bridges connecting Downtown Knoxville with South Knoxville, the other three being the Henley Street Bridge, the James E.
1.5 miNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Mabry-Hazen House, Knoxville
39 min walk • The Mabry–Hazen House is a historic home located on an 8-acre site at 1711 Dandridge Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the crest of Mabry's Hill. Also known as the Evelyn Hazen House or the Joseph Alexander Mabry Jr. House, when constructed in 1858 for Joseph Alexander Mabry II it was named Pine Hill Cottage.
2 miW
Tower
Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville
51 min walk • The Knox County Courthouse is a historic building located at 300 Main Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1886, it served as Knox County's courthouse until the completion of the City-County Building in 1980, and continues to house offices for several county departments.