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In the 1940s, the City of Alcoa established a fire hall independent from the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA). The City acquired its first fire truck in 1942, an open-cab 1940 Ford. The first fire hall, near the intersection of Springbrook Road . . . — — Map (db m195379) HM
In 1916, the Babcock Lumber & Land Company acquired 350 acres along Pistol Creek where saw and planing mills were constructed to process lumber the Company was timbering in Monroe County. At the time, Babcock was the nation's leading producer of . . . — — Map (db m195377) HM
Bassel School was constructed in 1923 to provide a new school for children in the Bassel community. The new school was dedicated February 1, 1924. The school contained eight grades.
Captions (clockwise from top left)
• Bassel School . . . — — Map (db m195403) HM
Alcoa schools for black citizens played a vital role in the growth and development of Alcoa. From 1916 to 1926, classes were held in one-room buildings and on the top floor of the Commercial Building. The first building on this site was completed . . . — — Map (db m195398) HM
Alcoa High School began participating in athletics, as the Red Tornadoes, in the fall of 1924. The gymnasium was added in 1927. Alcoa High School played its home basketball games there until 1954.
Captions (clockwise from top . . . — — Map (db m195370) HM
The V. J. Hultquist family home was constructed in 1925. The same year, the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) constructed a home for the family of E. M. Chandler, who supervised the Sheet Mill from 1924 to 1946. He also managed the North Plant . . . — — Map (db m195372) HM
Hunt Field was the home of the Maryville-Alcoa
Twins baseball team that won the 1953 Class-D
Mountain States League Pennant. This 1,750-seat
ballpark, built in the 1940s, averaged an
attendance of about 1,550 for 62 home games.
Major league . . . — — Map (db m195413) HM
By Tennessee Private Act Chapter No. 510, the City of Alcoa was incorporated effective July 1, 1919. Initially, there were three city commissioners, C. L. Babcock, mayor; S. A. Copp, and W. V. Arnold. V. J. Hultquist was appointed city manager, . . . — — Map (db m195396) HM
Initial Plant & Town Site Construction In 1913, the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) began construction of a reduction plant for the production of aluminum. A townsite, including the Bassel community, was also constructed for Company workers . . . — — Map (db m195405) HM
Millennium
Manor
This property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1937 — — Map (db m195410) HM
The Nicely's Grocery Store building, built in 1939, stands as a proud reminder of the neighborhood grocery store where customers could purchase groceries on a credit account, and the store made home deliveries. When the building was new, the Masonic . . . — — Map (db m195376) HM
When the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) established the City of Alcoa, a commitment was made to establish one acre of park for each 100 residents. Springbrook Park was established in 1925. More than 3,000 shade trees and 6,000 flowering shrubs . . . — — Map (db m195363) HM
Springbrook Pool, originally known as Alcoa Swimming Pool, opened June 13, 1931. Unemployed residents were allowed to work on construction of the pool in lieu of paying street tax, and the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) provided pipe and . . . — — Map (db m195375) HM
Springbrook School was built in 1921 for grades 1-12, including, until 1939, Alcoa High
School. The school was the City's first major school construction project. Today's park
grounds lying between the concrete pad and the creek were the school's . . . — — Map (db m195367) HM
The Commercial Building was constructed by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) in 1919. Commercial businesses for the Hall community were located there, and until Charles M. Hall School was opened in 1926, the school for African American youth . . . — — Map (db m195399) HM
In March 1931, City Manager V. J. Hultquist, informed city .commissioners that work had begun on a proposed lake in Springbrook Park to be located adjacent to the swimming pool. Initially known as Mirror Lake, it was later named the Lily Pond. . . . — — Map (db m195373) HM
The Hall community, earlier known as Peniel, then Walnut Hill, was established in 1916 when the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) built 137 two- and three-room homes for African American workers who had been recruited and hired to build the local . . . — — Map (db m195401) HM
