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Tennessee Signs (page 4)

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Shamrock Beverage & Tobacco Shop
Johnson City, TN		 Quik &
Grady Cleaners
Johnson City, TN		 Pepsi [gone]
Johnson City, TN
The Shamrock Beverage & Tobacco Shop opened in 1929. This sign might be from the 1930s. [map]

Quik & Grady Cleaners opened in 1962 and this sign appears to be from then. [map]

This Pepsi billboard was located next to I-26. It had been there since at 1981. It was removed in 2019.

Bennett
& Edwards
Insurance &
Real Estate
Kingsport, TN		 Kingsport Office Supply
Kingsport, TN		 Hog Wild
Saloon [gone]
Kingsport, TN		 Lynn Garden
Restaurant
Kingsport, TN
The Bennett & Edwards Insurance & Real Estate office opened at this location in 1955 and this sign was installed then. The neon was replaced with plastic letters at some point. The building is now occupied by another business but the sign remains. For more, see this website. [map]

Kingsport Office Supply was established in 1924. This sign is probably from the 1950s. The company is now known as Kingsport Imaging Systems but the sign remains. [map]

The Hog Wild Saloon occupied a former Howard Johnson's restaurant. It later became the Aladdin's Restaurant, hence the lamp. The Howard Johnson's motel rooms and gatehouse still remain. The restaurant building was demolished by 2021 but this sign remained. In 2024, it was removed by a sign seller.

The Lynn Garden Restaurant opened in 1946. This sign might be from then or shortly after that. Although the neon overlaying the text was removed decades ago, the neon rings are still there. The restaurant closed around 2024 but the sign remains. [map]

Southern Finance & Thrift Corp.
Kingsport, TN
2010: 2026:
The Southern Finance & Thrift Corp. sign was built in the 1950s and was originally at a different location. The business moved here around 1964. The sign was restored by Bristol Sign in 1992. Around 2018, the sign was loosened by a storm and removed. In 2022, after the building's exterior was refurbished, the sign was restored and reinstalled. The "$200 Up" has been changed to "$500 Up." The arrow's tail also has less neon now. [map]

More Kingsport:
Parkway Plaza Shopping Center [gone]

Kingston:
Baggett Pharmacy

Dix's Plaza Motor Lodge
Lebanon, TN		 Cross Dry Cleaners [gone]
Lexington, TN
Dix's Plaza Motor Lodge was built in 1955 and it is still operating. It was originally known as simply the Plaza Motor Lodge with a shorter, simpler single panel sign. This sign might be from the 1960s. [map]

The Cross Dry Cleaners opened in 1947. This sign might be from then but was more likely from the 1950s. In 2024, the sign was removed.

Madison:
Madison Bowl
Rivergate Skate Center

Madisonville:
Ingles

KK's Pawn Shop
Manchester, TN		 Oak Liquors
Manchester, TN		 J&G Pizza and Steak House
Manchester, TN
The KK's Pawn Shop sign letters came from Big K stores. They have been there since at least 2007. Big K was a Nashville-based department store chain which was established in 1962 and bought out by Walmart in 1981. For more, see this website. [map]

The Oak Liquors sign is probably from the 1950s. The bulbs scintillate. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The J&G Pizza and Steak House opened in 1973. This sign appears to be from then. [map]

Martin:
The Hearth Restaurant

Mountain View Motel
Maryville, TN
The Mountain View Motel sign is probably from the 1950s. It was originally installed in Gatlinburg, TN where it advertised for the Mountain View Hotel. The three horizontal pieces of the panels were painted to look like logs. The hotel was built in 1916 and demolished in 1993. The sign was probably moved to Maryville then and adapted. [map]

Mason:
BOZO'S Hot Pit Bar-B-Q

Dinty Moore's
McMinnville, TN		 Fraley's
Furniture [gone]
McMinnville, TN		 Pappy's Drive-in [gone]
Milan, TN
The Dinty Moore's restaurant opened in 1932. The building was either rebuilt or remodeled in 1955. This sign is probably from then. The restaurant is long gone but the sign remains. [map]

Fraley's Furniture was still open when this photo was taken in 2003. By 2013, the store had closed and the signs were gone.

This photo of the Pappy's Drive-in sign is from 2010. Later that year, the bottom of the sign was crunched as if it was hit by a truck. In 2011, Pappy's closed and the building was demolished. This sign was still there in 2016. A new restaurant was built on the property and this sign was gone by 2022. For more, see this website.

I-24 Flea Market [gone]
Monteagle, TN		 Jim Oliver's Smoke House Restaurant
Monteagle, TN		 Gurkin's #4
Moscow, TN
I don't know if this I-24 Flea Market hillbilly sign was installed for a previous business at this location or erected by the Flea Market. This photo is from 2007. The sign was gone by 2026.

Jim Oliver's Smoke House Restaurant was built in 1975 and this sign appears to be from then. In 2021, the restaurant burned down. It reopened in the Smokehouse Patio Grill building behind the original one. The sign remains. [map]

This neon ice cream cone is installed on a pole next to the Gurkin's #4 food stand which opened in the early 1980s. [map]

More Moscow:
Brad's Bar-B-Q [gone]

Motel Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro, TN
The Motel Murfreesboro was built in 1950 with a different sign. The rooftop sign might have been installed in the 1950s. This sign with the Tennessee Walking Horse was probably built in the 1960s. [map]

Holden Hardware
Murfreesboro, TN
Holden Hardware opened in 1948 and this storefront and signs are probably from then. The store is still operating. [map]

Chambers
Guitars [gone]
Murfreesboro, TN		 Mullins Jewelry [gone]
Murfreesboro, TN
Chambers Guitars guitar-shaped sign was accented with LED tubing. This photo is from 2010. By 2015, the store had closed and the sign was gone.

Mullins Jewelry opened in 1938. This sign was probably from the 1950s. The store moved to a new location around 2007 and this sign was removed. It is not at the new location.

More Murfreesboro:
Murfreesboro Strike & Spare [gone]

Murray:
Corvette Lanes

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