Crescent Bend

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Crescent Bend is a historic home at 2728 Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee. it is known as Crescent Bend because it is on a bend in the Tennessee River. It is also known as the Armstrong-Lockett House, Longview and Logueval. It was built in 1834 by Drury Paine Armstrong (1799-1856), a farmer, merchant and public official. Mr. Armstrong estimated that the house cost him $5,517.00. The house was once the centerpiece of a 600-acre farm. This is one of three early homes built by the Armstrong family on Kingston Pike, the others being Bleak House (Knoxville) and Westwood (Knoxville). It was later purchased by Percy Lockett.

It is on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Kingston Pike Historic District. The home is a traditional brick farmhouse. The home's contents include 18th century English and American furniture, decorative arts and silver. The property includes formal Italian gardens with nine terraces and five fountains.

The house and gardens are open to the public.

[edit] References

Isenhour, Judith Clayton. Knoxville - A Pictorial History. (Donning, 1978), pages 186-187.
Knoxville: Fifty Landmarks. (Knoxville: The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville, 1976), page 18.