Circa 1841- Hugh Murphy House

The Hugh Murphy House was built circa 1841, according to the City of Knoxville's "Historic Structures Survey for the Washington Pike Roadway Improvements Project" (see it here, on page 28).

Location: 4508 Murphy Road, Knoxville (NE corner of Murphy Road and Washington Pike)

The Murphy House is part of Murphy Springs Farm. The aforementioned Historic Structures Survey has this to say about the property:

“The farm is located on the east side of Murphy Road at the corner with Washington Pike along Murphy Creek in an area of Knox County known as Grassy Valley. The property includes a c. 1841 Gothic Revival house and a collection of outbuildings. The Norfolk Southern Railroad, constructed in 1887 as Powell’s Valley Railroad, runs through the property alongside Murphy Creek. The farm was originally purchased in 1797 by Robert Murphy and reached 192 acres by 1826. His son Hugh built the current house and purchased additional acreage. The farm at times had fields for crops of corn, potatoes, flax, and cotton and later a dairy was established” (City of Knoxville, p. 28).