128 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902 | MLS# 941615 | Redf

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Gay Street Knoxville, Tennsee, was named one of the Great Streets 2012.

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GAY STREET

Disver Knoxville Tennsee, the rich history of Gay Street, learn about Knoxville's Theater District, where to go, and live shows to explore on Vis Knoxville. * gay st 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.

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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.

THE SPICE AND TEA EXCHANGE OF KNOXVILLE OPENS TODAY ON GAY STREET

2 beds, 2.5 baths, 19800 sq. ft. hoe loted at 128 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902 sold for $3,200,000 on Jun 8, 2018. MLS# 941615. null will appreciate Bevolo gas lanterns, oversized pper gutte... * gay st knoxville *

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.

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.

MAJOR NEW DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FOR GAY STREET

531 Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902 is currently not for sale. The 1,080 Square Feet ndo home is a 2 beds, 2 baths property. This home was built null and last sold on 2012-12-01 for $285,000. View more property tails, sal history, and Ztimate data on Zillow. * gay st knoxville *

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.

GAY STREET: KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE

Sold: 4 beds, 2 baths, 2130 sq. ft. ndo loted at 116 S Gay St #505, Knoxville, TN 37902 sold for $650,000 on Nov 30, 2022. MLS# 1208158. Spac 4-bedroom Condo On Gay Street, In The Historic ... * gay st knoxville *

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.

Begng 1908, Gay Street beme the lotn of Knoxville’s first skyscrapers, steel-ame buildgs of 10 stor or more, begng wh the Burwell Buildg, followed by the taller Holston Buildg, and some years later the Andrew Johnson Hotel, which was for almost half a century the tallt buildg East Tennsee. From 1960 to 1963, Gay Street was the se of dozens of civil-rights monstratns, first s-s at all-whe lunch unters, then monstratns outsi the still-segregated movie theaters.

Gay Street has also been the home of multiple partment stor, cludg Miller’s, which mataed a prence s origal bex-arts brick buildg on Gay for 70 years.

THIS $26M PROJECT WOULD FILL GAY STREET'S 'GREAT DIVI' WH SHOPPG, HOG AND DG

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It was home to the headquarters of furnure giant Sterchi Brothers, whose logo has bee a signature of the Gay Street skyle, and today is one of downtown’s largt and most popular rintial buildgs.

Gay Street has always been home to Knoxville’s ft theatr. In 1872, Swiss immigrant Peter Stb pleted his grand Stb’s Opera Hoe, facg Gay Street.

It was the first of several theaters that kept Gay Street l up at night.

A QUIRKY GAY STREET FIXTURE FOR WTERN GEAR, VTAGE VIB IS LEAVG DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE

Those who have performed shows Gay Street theaters between 1880 and 1940 clu Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, Will Rogers, Gee M.

By the 1920s, Gay Street supported several movie theaters at once, the largt of which were the Riviera (1920) and the more extravagantly rated Tennsee (1928).

Today, as day turns to night, theatre lights still lure you down Gay Street for a variety of performanc and cematic entertament at some of the regn’s most popular venu. Knoxville Arts District - 100 Block Gay Street. Gay Street also wnsed the early days of live-dience rad, as untry stars like Roy Acuff, Chet Atks, the Everly Brothers, and Dolly Parton got their starts on rad statns WNOX and WROL.

128 S GAY ST,KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

Live mic n still be found on Gay Street today at the WDVX studs loted si the Knoxville Visors Center.

COULD REVELOPG GAY STREET'S 200 BLOCK CREATE A NEW DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE DISTRICT?

Si note: Televisn was troduced to the regn wh a broadst 1953 om WROL studs the Mechanics Bank buildg on Gay. Gay Street and events that took place on have been mentned the works of novelists Jam Agee and Cormac McCarthy, humorists Mark Twa and Gee Washgton Harris, and poet and sayist Nikki Gvanni. Gay Street was a settg for paras by the 1850s, and was the scene of many dramatic events, cludg several gunfights, most notably the Mabry-O’Conner gunfight of 1882, which all three batants were killed.

531 GAY ST, KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

Gay Street was the settg of one of the South’s first Deratn Day (later Memorial Day) paras, and by the 1870s, of more joyo St. Bee of s prervatn and ntributns to Knoxville's enomic base and vibrant arts scene, the Amerin Planng Associatn signated Gay Street as one of 10 Great Streets unr the anizatn's Great Plac Ameri program.

Several downtown streets have been renamed over the years, but Gay Street retas s origal name, perhaps bee, om the very begng, the street has been known as the place where Knoxvillians e for fun and entertament.

116 S GAY ST #505,KNOXVILLE, TN 37902

Spice and Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 South Gay Street, Knoxville, November 2022.

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Today, Ante Morejon, who I troduced to you a uple of months back, opens The Spice and Tea Exchange of Knoxville at 522 South Gay Street. Owner Ante Morejon, Spice and Tea Exchange of Knoxville, 522 South Gay Street, Knoxville, November 2022. 350 South Gay Street, Knoxville, September 2021.

In a very signifint potential velopment for Gay Street, one of the empty spac dottg the rridor may soon be filled. A rezong requt was recently filed for 350 South Gay Street, which is currently a leral hole formg a parkg lot between the Century Buildg (Chivo Taqueria) and Gallery Lofts (Mast General Store). It would be the first major ground-up nstctn on Gay more than a generatn.

350 South Gay Street Aerial View – From Planng Commissn Applitn.

THE SOUTH GAY STREET CONDOMIUMS

Entrance will be via Gay Street, adjacent to Mast General and the ex will be out the rear of the stcture to State Street.

The larger portn of the Gay Street facg floor would be dited to mercial space adjacent to the Century buildg.

Sce s velopment the 1790s, Gay Street has been the center stage of downtown Knoxville's progrsn om a mercial wholalg pal followg the Indtrial Revolutn to today's vibrant entertament and rintial rridor.

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