This Mansion was built in 1904 with a Classical Revival Edwardian style on a high bluff overlooking the Tennessee River. The house was originally built for Ross Faxon, a wealthy insurance broker. A few years later, it was sold to the widow of Benjamin F. Thomas, on of the founders of the first Coca-Cola bottlers. In 1952, the mansion became the Hunter Museum of American Art, with modern expansions added on to the back of the mansion. The Mansion / Museum is the centerpiece of the Bluff View Arts District near downtown Chattanooga and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
For the full story:
www.huntermuseum.org/about/hunter-history/
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