Bean Station in Grainger County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tate Springs Resort Hotel

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 3, 2025

1. Tate Springs Resort Hotel Marker

Inscription. Built in 1865, the three-story Victorian style hotel was a premier southern resort destination that could accommodate 600 people. In 1876, Thomas Tomlinson purchased 2,500 acres and the Resort from the Tate family and developed it into a world-class health and pleasure resort. Due to the Great Depression, the resort closed in 1941. In 1943, the Rev A.E. Wachtel purchased the hotel and resort and 1,500 acres for $35,000. From 1943-1963 Kingswood Home for Children resided in the hotel where over 150 children lived, attended chapel and school. In 1963, the hotel burned. What remains is the dumbwaiter on the first-floor dining area and part of the basement where the dishes were washed.

Erected by Kingswood Home for Children.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Parks & Recreational Areas. In addition, it is included in the Tate Springs Resort series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.

Location. 36° 20.36′ N, 83° 20.833′ W. Marker is in Bean Station, Tennessee, in Grainger County. It can be reached from Route 11W, on the left when traveling east. Marker is located on a hiking trail on the property of the Kingswood Home for Children. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bean Station TN 37708, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee.

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.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Rowdy Row (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Spring House (about 500 feet away); Tomlinson Home (about 600 feet away); Bathhouse (about 600 feet away); Mortar Hopper (about 800 feet away); Kingswood Tread Way (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tate Springs Country Club - 1926 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Donald J. Ross (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bean Station.

Also see . . .
1. Tennessee’s Gilded Getaway: The Rise and Fall of the Tate Springs Hotel. (Submitted on May 26, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
2. Tate Springs. (Submitted on May 26, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 3, 2025

2. Tate Springs Resort Hotel Marker

Remains of the Tate Springs Resort Hotel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 3, 2025

3. Remains of the Tate Springs Resort Hotel

Tate Springs Resort Hotel image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - United States Tennessee Valley Authority, 1940

4. Tate Springs Resort Hotel

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 233 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 26, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.