1830- Strong-Kern House

The Strong-Kern House was built in 1830.

Location: 8220 Rutledge Pike, on the north bank of the Holston River

This date comes from the Knox County GIS website. It features a PDF list of "Historic Sites of Knox County, TN."

This is the home of the present-day Strong Stock Farm. Their Facebook page says "Strong Stock Farm is a 1791 land grant farm located in Knoxville, TN. The family run farm focuses on natural foods, selling organically raised hormone free grass fed Angus cattle and beef."

Knox Heritage has a picture of this house in their Picasa web album. Click here to see it.