Cumberland Gap Public School - Cumberland Gap, TN
N 36° 35.932 W 083° 39.897
17S E 261618 N 4053681
This building, built in 1925, started as the Cumberland Gap Public School. Today it serves as the Town Hall for Cumberland Gap, TN. It is located at the corner of Colwyn Ave and Cumberland Dr.
Waymark Code: WM43J7
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2008
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From the National Register of Historic Places Nomination
Form:
"10. Northeast corner of Colwyn and Cumberland Drive. Cumberland Gap City Hall (formerly Cumberland Gap Public School). 1925. Two-and-one-half-stories, concrete block foundation, brick walls, hipped roof, center windowless dormer with pyramidal roof, 6/6 sash windows, five bays, first story one 6/6 sash with plywood infill, central double leaf glass door, decorative brickwork on first story. (C)"
Also from the National Register of Historic Places Nomination
Form:
"The Cumberland Gap Historic District is located in the rural
community of Cumberland Gap (population 269) in north central
Claiborne County in East Tennessee. The town of Cumberland Gap is
located near a pass or gap in the Appalachian Mountains and is
built in the valley below the gap adjacent to Cumberland Gap
National Park (NR 10/15/66). The district is in a valley on the
eastern approach to Cumberland Gap. Towering on the north is the
sheer wall of the Pinnacle; to the west is the Tri-State Peak with
the Cumberland Gap between. Poor valley Ridge is to the east with a
spur ridge from it thrusting into the district. From its origin at
Cudjo's Cave, Gap Creek flows south through the town, joining a
branch which follows the base of the Poor Valley Ridge Spur from
the east. The town is located off U. S. Highway 25E on the Virginia
and Kentucky state lines. The central business district, intermixed
with some housing, and the adjacent residential area compose the
Cumberland Gap Historic District.
The town is on the Louisville and Nashville [L & N)
Railroad, which runs northeast-southwest. The majority of
resources-in the district are located along Colwyn Street and
Pennlyn Street, parallel roads running northwest-southeast. Colwyn,
which follows the historic route of the Wilderness Road, begins at
the L & N rail line on the northwest and is primarily
commercial. Pennlyn also begins at the L & N rail line, but is
primarily residential. The district extends down Colwyn and Pennlyn
to Cumberland Drive on the southeast."