The Guest House - Oak Ridge, TN
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Squirreleen
N 36° 01.718 W 084° 14.518
16S E 748514 N 3990643
Hotel where visiting dignitaries to Oak Ridge stayed.
Waymark Code: WM3KQC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2008
Views: 37
"1D 25 The Guest House
The Guest House provided accommodations for visitors to the Clinton Engineering Works (Oak Ridge) during the time of the Manhattan Project, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. The Guest House hosted such dignitaries as physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi and Secretary of War Henry Stimson."
The hotel was later renamed the Alexander Inn and has since fallen into disrepair.
Marker Name: The Guest House
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 1D 25
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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