Harriman in Roane County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Harriman: Utopia of Temperance

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020

1. Harriman: Utopia of Temperance Marker

Inscription. Incorporated in 1891, this was to be an ideal industrial city, an object lesson for thrift, sobriety, superior intelligence and exalted moral character, where workers would be uncorrupted by Demon Rum. Named for Union General Walter Harriman, former governor of New Hampshire. Leader of movement was Union General Clinton B. Fisk, founder of Fisk University and Prohibition candidate for President in 1888.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1F 27.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the Tennessee Historical Commission series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 35° 56.05′ N, 84° 33.101′ W. Marker is in Harriman, Tennessee, in Roane County. It is at the intersection of North Roane Street (U.S. 27) and Walden Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Roane Street. Marker is located in front of Harriman City Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 609 North Roane Street, Harriman TN 37748, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in Greater Knoxville.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robert King Byrd (approx. ¼ mile away); Dixie Lee (approx. 1.1 miles

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away); Honoring the Kingston Coal Ash Cleanup Workers (approx. 2½ miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Kingston Colored School (approx. 4.3 miles away); Southwest Point (approx. 4.4 miles away); Capitol for a Day (approx. 4.7 miles away); Roane County Revolutionary War Monument (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harriman.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020

2. Harriman: Utopia of Temperance Marker

Marker is in front of Harriman City Hall, built in 1890 as Temperance University and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Harriman City Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020

3. Harriman City Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on June 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,565 times since then and 115 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 21, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.