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Tennessee Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 1)

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Tri-Cities Regional Airport
Blountville, TN
The Tri-Cities Regional Airport was built around 1966. For more, see this website. [map]

Taylor Funeral Home
Chattanooga, TN
The Taylor Funeral Home opened in 1990. The building looks much older than that and might have been a church. [map]

former Baxter Hotel
Covington, TN
This building was supposedly built in 1956 as the Baxter Hotel. It looks more like retail and office space to me. It appears to be vacant now. [map]

Park Vista Hotel
Gatlinburg, TN		 Gatlinburg
Space Needle
Gatlinburg, TN
The Park Vista Hotel opened in 1976 as the Sheraton Gatlinburg Hotel. It became the Park Vista in 1985. For more, see this website. [map]

The 407-foot-tall Gatlinburg Space Needle was built in 1969. The glass elevators to the observation deck provides views of Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains. It was inspired by the Space Needle in Seattle, WA which was completed in 1962. [map]

More Gatlinburg:
Christus Gardens [gone]

Jackson-Madison County Library
Jackson, TN
The Jackson-Madison County Library was designed by William C. Harris Jr. and opened in 1968. [map]

former George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home
Jackson, TN

2010:
2021:
The George A. Smith & Sons Funeral Home was at this location by 1943. This building is probably older than that and was adapted with mid-century features, likely in the 1950s or 1960s. The building later housed the Wolfe Enterprises Center. Around 2019, the building was painted a dark gray and began housing the Jackson's Empowerment & Enrichment Complex. [map]

Belk
Kingsport, TN
The Belk department store opened as a Parks-Belk anchor store in the Fort Henry Mall in 1976. It is still open. [map]