Kingsport in Sullivan County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Stone-Penn House
Built, c. 1916
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2022
1. Stone-Penn House Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.
Location. 36° 32.647′ N, 82° 32.443′ W. Marker is in Kingsport, Tennessee, in Sullivan County. It is on Watauga Street east of Longview Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1306 Watauga St, Kingsport TN 37660, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee and in the Tri-Cities Area. 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, the State of Franklin, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Martin-Dobyns House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Douglass High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Veterans Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); The First Kingsport Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Church Circle (approx. one mile away); Lesley Riddle (approx. one mile away); Brownie McGhee (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kingsport Public Library (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kingsport.
Regarding Stone-Penn House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
The Stone-Penn House is located directly east of Church Circle on the upper part of Watauga Street, in modern Kingsport's firstupper class neighborhood. Constructed c. 1916 on land owned by the Kingsport Improvement Corporation, the Stone-Penn House was the second structure to be built in the Dobyns Addition, the J. Fred Johnson House (c. 1915, NR 1972) being the first. Both homes were designed by Clinton MacKenzie, the first architect for the Kingsport Improvement Corporation, and were built by the W. H. Bostwick Construction Corporation of Johnson City.
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The Kingsport Improvement Corporation sold the Stone-Penn House and the 2.283 acre lot to Jerry C. Stone for $6,000 in 1920. Stone was the president of the Tennessee Eastman
Company (founded 1920) and the vice-president of the Kingsport Improvement Corporation. In 1922 Stone sold the property to George E. Penn, Jr. for $15,000. Penn was a lawyer for the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railroad and became the legal counsel for the Kingsport Improvement Corporation.
Also see . . . Stone-Penn House (PDF). National Register nomination for the house, which was listed in 1984. (National Park Service) (Submitted on November 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2022
2. Stone-Penn House Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 760 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
