300 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902 | Zillow

Contents:

• GAY STREET
• GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE
• 505 S GAY ST
• KNOXVILLE OFFICE SPACE: 800 S. GAY STREET, SUE 700
• 300 S GAY ST, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902
• 500 GAY RD, SMHVILLE, TN 37166
• 500 GAY RD,SMHVILLE, TN 37166
• 500 GAY ST,PHOENIXVILLE, PA 19460
• Y’ALL MEANS ALL – THE GAY SCENE KNOXVILLE
• 300 S GAY ST, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

GAY STREET

As we ntue our tour south down Gay Street, we walk past the 400 block whout stoppg. Gay Tower, Embassy Su, what have you...

Gay sce at least the 1880's.

GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE

This block, like many on the wt si of Gay, was home to many smaller shops. The tersectn of Clch and Gay, 1877. East Tennsee Natnal Bank, Corner of Unn and Gay 1925.

505 S GAY ST

Gay and 511. Woolworth's on Gay Street had closed s doors by 1970.

KNOXVILLE OFFICE SPACE: 800 S. GAY STREET, SUE 700

It's gray, but there is the old Park Bank buildg at Gay and Unn wh the southern half of the new buildg beg nstcted. Gay St.

300 S GAY ST, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

Gay was the McCormick Clothg Co.

Gay Street, clock base at right.

The inic Hope Brothers Clock stood on Gay Street for over 100 years until Kimball's reloted wh their bs to Bearn hill 2004. Gay Street.

500 GAY RD, SMHVILLE, TN 37166

Gay Street was also a three story, brick buildg of Victorian vernacular.

500 GAY RD,SMHVILLE, TN 37166

Gay Street the 1920's. Gay would be bed wh 529 to form the Lane Dg Company.

Gay Street, Holston at left, 523 S. Gay Enomy Dgs at right. Gay Street, the southernmost bay the buildg.

500 GAY ST,PHOENIXVILLE, PA 19460

Gay (Baker's Sho) has received an art makeover. The much touted "Gay Way" project has happened brgg vered shoppg to downtown.

Next time we're gog to jump across the street to h one ltle gap and then we will move on down to the 700 block as we ntue to fill the Gaps of Gay Street.

Y’ALL MEANS ALL – THE GAY SCENE KNOXVILLE

Sce the 1790s, Gay Street has played a primary role Knoxville’s historil and cultural velopment. Gay Street is home to art galleri, historic theaters, the East Tennsee History Center and more – wh many buildgs listed on the Natnal Register of Historic Plac.

Gay Street was the se of the 1796 Constutnal Conventn that rulted the foundg of the state of Tennsee, and was a fol pot for the early polil activy of both the cy and the state of Tennsee. On the eve of the Civil War, Gay Street was the se of simultaneo Unn and Conferate recg ralli. Durg the Civil War, Gay Street saw some early vlence, a fatal shootg of a Unnist monstrator, days after the firg on Ft.

William Sanrs died as the rult of wounds the Lamar Hoe on Gay.

300 S GAY ST, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

After the war, Gay Street saw extensive mercial velopment as railroad nstctn brought an dtrial boom to Knoxville. By 1850, Gay Street was home to three-fourths of Knoxville's mercial activy. In 1854, Gay Street beme Knoxville's first paved road.

Almost all public visors to Knoxville ma an appearance on Gay Street. Durg the Civil War, Andrew Johnson was shot at when he gave a pro-Unn speech on Gay Street.

Others who were seen on Gay Street at one time or another were prohibnist Carrie Natn, Socialist ndidate Eugene V. One of Knoxville’s olst buildgs, the Lamar Hoe, now the ont portn of the Bijou Theatre, was operatg as a hotel facg Gay Street by 1817, when hosted a receptn for Gen.