The building originally started as the headquarters for Whittle Communications. Then when that company went out of business they had a large vacant property downtown.
In 1998, the building was renovated and added onto to become the Howard H. Baker Jr. Federal Courthouse. The cupola with a large copper dome seen here was one of those additions added in 1998.
The Sunsphere was built for the 1982 Knoxville World's Fair. Not too long ago, it reopened as an observation deck. The views are a little blurred in places and off-color due to the windows that we look through, but still it makes for a great vantage point of the city.
New Sunsphere Gallery
New to the website is a gallery of other landmarks you can see from the Susnphere as well as the round markers at the top. If that interests you, check it out here:
seemidtn.com/gallery/index.php?album=knoxville/views-from...
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