Knoxville Women: Education and Hope This lecture examines the critical role women, particularly those on the margins, played in holding Knoxville together through education during the city’s first 250 years. From enslaved and formerly enslaved Black women who passed down literacy and cultural knowledge, to working-class women who nurtured learning beyond formal institutions, these educators ... Read more
Catawba Women, the American Revolution, and the New Republic Blount Mansion is proud to present Dr. Brooke Bauer of the University of Tennessee. She will speak on "Catawba Women, the American Revolution, and the New Republic." The realities of war are often glossed over or erased when considering Native American women. In this talk, Dr. Bauer ... Read more
Blount Mansion is proud to present Emma Patterson speaking on "Women of the Progressive Era in Appalachia" Emma Patterson is a senior at the University of Tennessee, graduating in the Spring of 2026. As a student in the Honors History Program, her honors thesis explores the role of women reformers in Appalachia during the Progressive ... Read more
On Saturday, June 6th, 2026, at 5:30pm join your friends and neighbors at the ‘Birthplace of Tennessee’ for our annual Martinis at the Mansion garden party. We are opening the historic houses on our site and our gardens of the Blount Mansion and Craighead-Jackson House for this special event. There will be cocktails and wine served ... Read more
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Blount Mansion is proud to present Dr. Warren Docktor of the East Tennessee Historical Society! More information coming soon! Lecture starts at 6pm The special speaking event will be at Blount Mansion Visitors Center, 200 West Hill Avenue, Knoxville TN 37902. Limited free parking onsite $10 Donation suggested at the door. Cash and card accepted ... Read more
Doing History: Engaging with Revolutionary Stories in Classrooms and Museums We are thrilled to be partnering with the The National Society of Colonial Dames Knoxville Town Committee for our Semiquincentennial Celebration Lecture Series! These lectures are sponsored by The National Society of Colonial Dames Knoxville Town Committee to honor America’s 250th Anniversary! We are excited ... Read more
The Women Who Changed Blount Mansion's History! Blount Mansion is proud to present local living legend, Laura Still, for our Centennial Anniversary Lecture Series! One hundred years ago, in a time of fluctuating values and new cultural concepts, a group of women banded together to salvage a piece of our disappearing past: the Blount Mansion. ... Read more
A Government of Laws and Not of Men The Structural Foundations of Constitutional Liberty Blount Mansion is proud to present Dr. Josh Dunn of the University of Tennessee who will speak on "A Government of Laws and Not of Men The Structural Foundations of Constitutional Liberty" We are thrilled to be partnering with the The ... Read more
The Road to Knoxville Blount Mansion is proud to present the fantastically knowledgeable, Jack Neely, for our Centennial Anniversary Lecture Series! Jack Neely will speak on "The Road to Knoxville," the city in the 1790s and its connections to the Revolutionary War. Perhaps to a degree unusual even in America, the first Knoxvillians came from ... Read more