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Tate Springs
Tate Springs was a historic world-class luxury resort complex located on U.S. Route 11W in Bean Station, Tennessee, United States. Known for its mineral spring water shipped internationally, it was considered to be one of the most popular resorts of its time in the Southern United States, and was visited by many wealthy and prominent families such as the Ford, Rockefeller, Firestone, Studebaker, and Mellon families.
The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1963, and the only remnants of the complex are the cabins of the site, the pool bathhouse, and the springhouse, the last of which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The resort was located in eastern Grainger County, Tennessee, in the town of Bean Station. It was situated along a roadway that served as the Great Indian Warpath, and is now known as U.S. Route 11W.
The mineral spring used by the resort was believed to be discovered by members of the Cherokee tribe while planning the design of the Great Indian Warpath. The site of the springs was recognized as neutral ground during battles with neighboring tribes. The spring water was treated with high regard due to its healing ability on stomach, kidney, and liver diseases.
Following the American Revolutionary War, over 6,000 acres, including the resort property and the spring, were bought by Colonel William Hord in 1791 from a North Carolina land grant. In 1865, nearly half of the land owned by Hord was purchased by Samuel Tate who built the first hotel at the spring site in the same year. This hotel had an estimated occupancy of 500 guests.
In 1876, Union Army veteran Thomas Tomlinson, who served in the Battle of Bean's Station, took up an interest in the Tate Springs area and bought the spring and hotel property from the Tate Family. Tomlinson would first build the springhouse at the spring, which consisted of an elegant Victorian-style two-story gazebo. Sections of Tomlinson's new hotel on the site would be constructed in several phases over time, with the middle section in 1898, the west wing in 1900, and the east wing in 1905. With the completion of the final section in 1905, Tomlinson's hotel had an estimated capacity of 600 guests.
Tomlinson's hotel after completion consisted of three stories with verandas on two of the hotel's stories, and a forth level cupola reserved for Tomlinson's private use.
With the completion of the Peavine Railroad, which connected Morristown to Knoxville in 1896, many of America's most prominent and wealthy families arrived to Tate Springs via private rail, leading to the most successful years of the resort. However, the depot at Tate Springs would close in 1919, prompting those who would stay at the resort to stop at the Bean Station depot, nearly three miles west of the resort.
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Tate Springs
Tate Springs was a historic world-class luxury resort complex located on U.S. Route 11W in Bean Station, Tennessee, United States. Known for its mineral spring water shipped internationally, it was considered to be one of the most popular resorts of its time in the Southern United States, and was visited by many wealthy and prominent families such as the Ford, Rockefeller, Firestone, Studebaker, and Mellon families.
The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1963, and the only remnants of the complex are the cabins of the site, the pool bathhouse, and the springhouse, the last of which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The resort was located in eastern Grainger County, Tennessee, in the town of Bean Station. It was situated along a roadway that served as the Great Indian Warpath, and is now known as U.S. Route 11W.
The mineral spring used by the resort was believed to be discovered by members of the Cherokee tribe while planning the design of the Great Indian Warpath. The site of the springs was recognized as neutral ground during battles with neighboring tribes. The spring water was treated with high regard due to its healing ability on stomach, kidney, and liver diseases.
Following the American Revolutionary War, over 6,000 acres, including the resort property and the spring, were bought by Colonel William Hord in 1791 from a North Carolina land grant. In 1865, nearly half of the land owned by Hord was purchased by Samuel Tate who built the first hotel at the spring site in the same year. This hotel had an estimated occupancy of 500 guests.
In 1876, Union Army veteran Thomas Tomlinson, who served in the Battle of Bean's Station, took up an interest in the Tate Springs area and bought the spring and hotel property from the Tate Family. Tomlinson would first build the springhouse at the spring, which consisted of an elegant Victorian-style two-story gazebo. Sections of Tomlinson's new hotel on the site would be constructed in several phases over time, with the middle section in 1898, the west wing in 1900, and the east wing in 1905. With the completion of the final section in 1905, Tomlinson's hotel had an estimated capacity of 600 guests.
Tomlinson's hotel after completion consisted of three stories with verandas on two of the hotel's stories, and a forth level cupola reserved for Tomlinson's private use.
With the completion of the Peavine Railroad, which connected Morristown to Knoxville in 1896, many of America's most prominent and wealthy families arrived to Tate Springs via private rail, leading to the most successful years of the resort. However, the depot at Tate Springs would close in 1919, prompting those who would stay at the resort to stop at the Bean Station depot, nearly three miles west of the resort.
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