Apparently this old house on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Knoxville was considered so important that when Whittle Communications built their downtown campus (which is now the Baker Federal Courthouse) they acquired the entire block except for this house on the corner.)
According to the marker:
The Foundation for this house was laid by Governor John Sevier on a block bought from Knoxville founder James White in 1797. Jmaes Park, pioneer merchant and Knoxville's Second mayor, completed the main house in 1812. His son, Dr. James Park occupied the house until 1912. It subsequently housed a War Work Shop and tearoom for the Red Cross, the Reaves-Leach infirmary, and the Knoxville Academy of Medicine. The Gulf & Ohio Railways renovated the house in 2006.
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