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Local Resources

  • Beck Cultural Exchange Center
    • A primary repository for Black history and culture in East Tennessee.
  • Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
    • The local history and genealogy department of Knox County Public Library. Includes manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, and much more.
  • City of Knoxville Housing and Neighborhood Development Department
    • Focuses on improving housing opportunities, homelessness, accessibility, redevelopment efforts, and more.
  • City of Knoxville Neighborhood Empowerment Department
    • Offers a wide variety of activities, programs, and services to support resident led, resident controlled, democratically run neighborhood organizations.
  • East Tennessee Development District
    • Federal and State statute-created agency providing planning and development services while also serving as a forum for local governments to solve common problems associated with economic development and growth.
  • East Tennessee Historical Society
    • Private historical organization that specializes in finding creative ways to introduce the public to the fascinating world of history through various programs and services.
  • Farragut Museum
    • Discover the rich heritage of the Farragut and Concord communities through a remarkable collection of artifacts and photographs.
  • Historic House Museums of Knoxville (HHMK)
    •  A local partnership between seven historic homes and the Museum of East Tennessee History that offer guided tours throughout the year.
  • Keep Knoxville Beautiful
    • Nonprofit dedicated to making Knox County cleaner, greener and more beautiful through volunteer cleanups, waste reduction, environmental education, and more.
  • Knox County Archives
    • Repository of non-current, permanent records created by Knox County government and administered by Knox County Public Library. Holdings serve as primary sources for court and government officials, legal professionals, historians, genealogists, and the general public.
  • Knox County, Tennessee Historical Maps
    • View historic maps of Knox County and historic aerial photos, or click on a parcel for information.
  • Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum
    • A nonprofit, public garden listed on the National Register of Historic Places, featuring walking trails, display gardens, unique & historic horticulture, timeless buildings, and over two miles of distinctive stone walls.
  • Knoxville History Project (KHP)
    • An educational nonprofit whose mission is to research, preserve, and promote the history of Knoxville. KHP offers educational talks and tours to the public and through various groups, as well as consultation services to research and document buildings, structures, and places of interest.
  • Knoxville-Knox County Planning
    • Established by the City of Knoxville and Knox County as the agency responsible for comprehensive county-wide planning and administration of land subdivision regulations, with the exception of the town of Farragut.
  • Knoxville Walking Tours
    • Storyteller Laura Still helps you live the stories of pioneers, soldiers, outlaws, and even fictional characters who walked the streets of Knoxville before you.
  • Legacy Parks Foundation
    • Legacy Parks stewards natural and financial resources to create unique outdoor projects in East Tennessee. They work collaboratively to preserve green space, expand parks, create trails, and increase access to our rivers, and since 2005 have raised over $28 million for parks and open space, helped conserve 1,000 acres of forest and farmland, and added over 800 acres of parkland in Knox County.
  • McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
    • Since 1963, this museum has fostered education, creativity, research, and public service in the local community and at the University of Tennessee through various exhibits, events, and programs.
  • Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS)
    • TAMIS is the historic audio-visual department of Knox County Public Library, preserving East Tennessee’s cultural history as recorded on film, video, and a variety of audio formats.
  • University of Tennessee Knoxville History Special Collections
    • A research guide identifying materials and resources in Special Collections related to prominent people, places, and organizations in and around Knoxville.

State Resources

  • The Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities
    • The oldest statewide historic preservation nonprofit in Tennessee, preserving and maintaining historic sites that play an important role in Tennessee’s rich cultural heritage.
  • The Land Trust for Tennessee
    • Working in partnership with landowners and communities across the state to protect land important to the people of Tennessee, from family farms and historic landscapes to public parks and forests.
  • MTSU Center for Historic Preservation
    • The Center enhances citizens’ sense of place, pride, and identity through the interpretation and preservation of the historic sites, landscapes, and historical narratives that comprise the Tennessee experience. Efforts are focused on heritage area development, rural preservation, heritage education, and heritage tourism through inclusive preservation practice and programs.
  • Survey of Historic Resources
    • Ongoing digital collection of data regarding the survey of all historic resources (properties fifty years and older) in Tennessee.
  • Tennessee Century Farms
    • A program that honors and recognizes the dedication and contributions of families who have owned and farmed the same land for at least 100 years, as well as a documentary program that collects and interprets the agrarian history and culture of the state.
  • Tennessee Division of Archaeology
    • Documents and preserves Tennessee’s historic and prehistoric archaeological resources.
  • Tennessee Historic Cemetery Preservation Program
    • Resource for information and funding opportunities related to the preservation of the state’s historic cemeteries.
  • Tennessee Historical Commission
    • The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for Tennessee, with state and federally-mandated programs promoting historic preservation and history. The agency’s mission is to protect, preserve, interpret, maintain, and administer historic places; encourage the inclusive diverse study of Tennessee’s history; mark important locations, persons, and events in Tennessee history; assist in worthy publication projects; review, comment on, and identify projects that will potentially impact historic properties; locate, identify, record, and nominate properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and implement other programs of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended.
  • Tennessee Historical Society
    • The oldest continually operating historical organization in Tennessee. Their work includes collecting documents and artifacts related to Tennessee’s natural, Indigenous, and civil history, editing the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, and publishing Tennessee Historical Quarterly, as well as other books and resources.
  • Tennessee State Building Commission
    • Oversees construction of all State public buildings and holds authority over most State construction and demolition projects, plus the acquisition and disposal of State lands.
  • Tennessee State Historic Sites
    • Program overseeing 17 state-owned properties through a unique partnership with partner organizations who manage the daily operations and oversight.
  • Tennessee State Marker Program
    • Erects and maintains markers commemorating sites, persons, and events significant in Tennessee history, as well as publishes guides to these markers.
  • Tennessee Wars Commission
    • Preserves and interprets Tennessee’s military heritage via funding grants, civic and governmental engagement, education and interpretation, and conservation efforts.

National Resources

  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
    • The only federal agency whose sole mission is promoting preservation of America’s historic places. Helps guide federal agencies in reviewing and addressing the effects of federal actions on historic properties, advises the President and Congress on historic preservation policy, and fosters public awareness of the benefits of historic preservation.
  • American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
    • Provides resources, guidance, professional development, advocacy, new publications, field-wide research, and a sense of connectedness to over 5,500 institutional and individual members, as well as leadership for history and history organizations nationally, as the only comprehensive national organization dedicated to state and local history.
  • National Alliance of Preservation Commissions
    • A forum for commissions to discuss mutual problems that also serves as a national voice representing the particular needs of commissions. They provide technical support, manage an information network to help local commissions accomplish their preservation objectives, and serve as an advocate at federal, state and local levels of government to promote policies and programs that support preservation commission efforts.
  • National Park Service – Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program 
    • A program encouraging private sector investment in the rehabilitation and re-use of historic buildings. Administed by The National Park Service’s Technical Preservation Services division and the Internal Revenue Service in partnership with State Historic Preservation Offices.
  • National Park Service – Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
    • The nation’s first federal preservation program, founded through a unique private-public partnership with the National Park Service, Library of Congress, and the American Institute of Architects to record America’s architectural heritage.
  • National Park Service – National Register of Historic Places
    • The official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.
  • National Park Service – National Register of Historic Places Publications
    • Publications related to the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.
  • National Park Service – The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation
    • The Standards for Rehabilitation provide direction in making appropriate choices in planning the repairs, alterations, and additions that may be part of a rehabilitation project.
  • National Preservation Act of 1966
    • The first national policy governing preservation, which persists in an amended form to this day.
  • National Preservation Partners Network
    • A membership-based, independent association of nonprofits from acrossthe United States and Territories that works to advance the growth and effectiveness of the organized preservation movement through communication, education, training, and a common advocacy agenda
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
    • A privately funded nonprofit that, for more than 75 years, has led the movement to save America’s historic places, tell the full American story, build stronger communities, and invest in preservation’s future.
  • Preservation Action
    • Serves as the national grassroots lobby for historic preservation, seeking to make historic preservation a national priority by advocating to all branches of the federal government for sound preservation policy and programs.
  • Section 106
    • Requires federal agencies to consider the effects on historic properties of projects they carry out, assist, fund, permit, license, or approve throughout the country.