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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Tennessee.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.

There are currently 19 properties listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark.

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Current listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Calderwood Dam
Calderwood Dam
August 21, 1989
(#89001069)
Tennessee River at the end of Calderwood Rd.
35°29′32″N 83°58′58″W / 35.492222°N 83.982778°W / 35.492222; -83.982778 (Calderwood Dam)
Calderwood Extends into Blount County
2 Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites
Chota and Tanasi Cherokee Village Sites
August 30, 1973
(#73001813)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological sites for 18th-century Cherokee villages of Chota and Tanasi; now submerged under Tellico Lake, though both sites memorialized with monuments along the shoreline
3 Citico Site
Citico Site
November 2, 1978
(#78002614)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake
4 Cooke-Kefauver House
Cooke-Kefauver House
October 17, 1988
(#74001921)
Kefauver Lane
35°30′40″N 84°21′28″W / 35.511111°N 84.357778°W / 35.511111; -84.357778 (Cooke-Kefauver House)
Madisonville
5 First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
July 25, 2001
(#01000772)
601 Church St.
35°36′09″N 84°27′49″W / 35.6025°N 84.463611°W / 35.6025; -84.463611 (First Presbyterian Church)
Sweetwater Gothic Revival-style church; congregation founded in 1860, church built in 1887
6 Fort Loudoun
Fort Loudoun
October 15, 1966
(#66000729)
U.S. Route 411
35°35′45″N 84°12′13″W / 35.595833°N 84.203611°W / 35.595833; -84.203611 (Fort Loudoun)
Vonore
7 William J. Fowler Mill and House
January 27, 1983
(#83003057)
Sweetwater Rd.
35°38′35″N 84°18′43″W / 35.643056°N 84.311944°W / 35.643056; -84.311944 (William J. Fowler Mill and House)
Eve Mills
8 Icehouse Bottom Site
Icehouse Bottom Site
October 19, 1978
(#78002615)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaic and Woodland period site excavated in the early 1970s; now submerged by Tellico Lake
9 Elisha Johnson Mansion
December 24, 1974
(#74001923)
Ballplay Rd.
35°21′30″N 84°16′25″W / 35.358333°N 84.273611°W / 35.358333; -84.273611 (Elisha Johnson Mansion)
Tellico Plains
10 John McCroskey House
John McCroskey House
February 18, 2000
(#00000125)
3224 Sweetwater-Vonore Rd.
35°36′33″N 84°21′15″W / 35.609167°N 84.354167°W / 35.609167; -84.354167 (John McCroskey House)
Sweetwater Built in 1859
11 Mialoquo Site
Mialoquo Site
October 19, 1978
(#78002616)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake
12 Monroe County Courthouse
Monroe County Courthouse
March 30, 1995
(#95000341)
Town Sq.
35°31′11″N 84°21′46″W / 35.519722°N 84.362778°W / 35.519722; -84.362778 (Monroe County Courthouse)
Madisonville
13 Charles Owen House
Charles Owen House
July 15, 1998
(#98000875)
1019 Mayes St.
35°36′31″N 84°27′47″W / 35.608611°N 84.463056°W / 35.608611; -84.463056 (Charles Owen House)
Sweetwater Federal-style house built in the late 1820s
14 Scott Mansion
January 21, 1993
(#92001816)
Scott Mansion Rd., about 1¼ miles east of State Route 68
35°23′13″N 84°17′20″W / 35.386944°N 84.288889°W / 35.386944; -84.288889 (Scott Mansion)
Tellico Plains
15 Stickley House
Stickley House
September 10, 1974
(#74001922)
West of the junction of U.S. Route 411 and State Route 68
35°31′09″N 84°21′58″W / 35.519167°N 84.366111°W / 35.519167; -84.366111 (Stickley House)
Madisonville Greek Revival-style house built in 1846, and designed by architect Thomas Blanchard
16 Tellico Blockhouse Site
Tellico Blockhouse Site
August 11, 1975
(#75001771)
2 miles east of Vonore off State Route 72
35°36′00″N 84°12′11″W / 35.6°N 84.203056°W / 35.6; -84.203056 (Tellico Blockhouse Site)
Vonore Late 18th-century trading outpost; layout marked by posts and stones, with interpretive signs
17 Tomotley Site
Tomotley Site
October 19, 1978
(#78002617)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake
18 Toqua Site
Toqua Site
November 16, 1978
(#78002618)
Address Restricted
Vonore Archaeological site for 18th-century Cherokee village; now submerged by Tellico Lake

Former listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Summary
1 McGhee Mansion
August 28, 1974
(#74001924)
January 25, 1985
E of Vonore on Fort Loudoun Rd.
Vonore Also known as Tuskega. Burned down by arsonist November 14, 1984.
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