Chester Inn 1A90 - Jonesborough, Tn.
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macleod1
N 36° 17.639 W 082° 28.451
17S E 367625 N 4017564
This marker is located on Main Street, Jonesborough. Washington County Tennessee.
Waymark Code: WM40Y3
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2008
Views: 37
Built in 1797 by Dr. William P. Chester of Lancaster, Pa., it has been continuously occupied as an inn, a hotel, and an apartment house. Among the guests here have been three presidents of the United States: Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson, as well as John Sevier, Governor of Franklin and first Governor of Tennessee. President Andrew Jackson held a reception for his friends on the porch of the inn in the summer of 1832.
Info:http://www.historicmarkers.com/Tennessee/Washington_County_Tennessee/Chester_Inn_1A90/
Marker Name: Chester Inn
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker Number: 1A90
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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