Mabry-Hazen House
Mabry-Hazen House is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Little Double stands 851 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Alex Haley Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
The Mabry–Hazen House is a historic home located on an 8-acre (3.2 ha) 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. The house was in what was then the separate town of East Knoxville. Stylistically, the house exhibits both Italianate and Greek Revival elements. Additions in 1886 increased the size of the first floor. Having operated as a museum since the death of Evelyn Hazen, the house retains its original furniture and family collections, including antique china and crystal with over 2,000 original artifacts on display making it the largest original family collection within America. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At the outset of the American Civil War, Joseph Mabry II, a wealthy Knoxville merchant and importer, pledged $100,000.00 to outfit an entire regiment of Confederate soldiers. Because of this assistance to the cause, he was given the honorary title of General in the Confederate army. During the course of the war, both Union and Confederate forces occupied the strategic site of his house adjacent to Fort Hill. Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer set up his headquarters in the house in 1861, but it was Union forces who had the greatest impact when they fortified the grounds as part of their Knoxville defenses after later taking control of Knoxville. After Mabry's death in 1882, his daughter Alice Evelyn Mabry and her husband Rush Strong Hazen resided in the house. Their youngest daughter, Evelyn Hazen, later occupied the house alone (except for many pet dogs and cats) for many years until her death in 1987. Her will stipulated that the house had either to become a museum or be razed to the ground. The house opened as a museum in 1992.
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Dates from 1858.
Wikidata Q14710039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mabrys Hill: 0.1 mi
- Temperance Hill: 0.5 mi
- Flint Hill: 0.6 mi
- Summit Hill: 1.1 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.2 mi
- Morningside Park: 0.2 mi
- Harriet Tubman Park: 0.2 mi
- Dr. Walter Hardy Park: 0.3 mi
- William Powell Park: 0.5 mi
- Babe Ruth Park: 0.6 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 1.0 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 4.5 mi
- Aspire: 14.9 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 15.5 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 15.9 mi
- James White Fort: 0.8 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 0.9 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 1.0 mi
- Tennessee Monument: 1.3 mi
- East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Winstead Mansion: 0.2 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 0.3 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 0.7 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 1.0 mi
- Blount Mansion: 1.0 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Wright Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Keller Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 1.4 mi
- Grow Lab: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 2.7 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 2.7 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 2.7 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 0.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 1.9 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 2.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 4.2 mi
- Strong rock spring: 11.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 15.8 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hardin Spring: 21.8 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 5.0 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.7 mi
- Meigs Falls: 24.5 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 24.5 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 24.8 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 16.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Loyston: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Mabry-Hazen House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Double | SE 136° | 851 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 145° | 712 m | 16.7 mi |
| House Mountain | NE 38° | 629 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 128° | 624 m | 16.2 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 134° | 604 m | 15.8 mi |
| Little Pine Mountain | SE 131° | 566 m | 16.0 mi |
| Brushy Knob | N 353° | 471 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mitchell Knob | N 352° | 463 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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