Stony Point - Surgoinsville, TN - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

In late 1700s, William Armstrong supposedly built the first brick building (tan structure in gallery) in Hawkins County up on a hillside. Later, a red brick house was built to the north, and then the two connected together.

One of the interesting stories about the location as told in several references (one is the secondary link below), as that the Louis-Phillipe, Duke of Orleans, escaped the French Revolution in 1796 by coming to America. After meeting with President George Washington, the duke and his two brothers were sent on a tour of the "western country heading to New Orleans. The path through east Tennessee follows the Great Stagecoach route. The duke stayed with Mr. Armstrong, but had to sleep three to a bed (which was likely a rope supported double size mattress). Later, when Louis-Phillipe became King of France, he asked the US ambassador, who was from Tennessee, if they still slept three in a bed in his state.

Street address: NE of Surgoinsville on U.S. 11W Surgoinsville , TN USA 37873 County / Borough / Parish: Hawkins County Year listed: 1973 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1750-1799 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] 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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