Preston Farm - Kingsport, TN - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

This place is more commonly known as "Exchange Place" and is now a working historical museum. From their website: "The stagecoach came through three times a week and by law the horses on the stagecoach had to be replaced every four hours, so this was one of the stops for the stagecoach where they would change horses. There were two or three others between here and Abingdon. They were called relay stations. This relay station was right close to the border between Tennessee and Virginia.

At that time, every state had its own money system. Mr. Gaines was in the business of exchanging money. For a fee, he would change your Tennessee money for Virginia money if you were traveling from here into Virginia and vice-versa."

On this farm was found the tree inscription “D. Boon killd a bar o this tree 1775.” made by Daniel Boone as he and his men built the Wilderness Road starting from north of Kingsport.

Street address: 4812 Orebank Rd Kingsport, TN USA 37664 County / Borough / Parish: Sullivan County Year listed: 1971 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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