Conferderate Memorial Hall (Bleak House)

Knox

This Tuscan style villa was once owned by the Armstrongs who gave it the name "Bleak House" from a Charles Dickens poem. Confederate War General James Longstreet used it as his headquarters during the siege of Knoxville in 1863. Now it is a museum available for tours, parties, and weddings.

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