It offers tours, weddings and events, and is open on wednesdays, thursdays and fridays from 1 to 4 pm. Confederate memorial hall (bleak house) museum bleak house was headquarters to confederate general james longstreet during the fall 1863 siege of knoxville Bleak house is an antebellum classical revival style house in knoxville, tennessee
Bleak House | Knoxville, TN
It is on the national register of historic places.
Confederate memorial hall and) is lovingly maintained and cared for by the united daughters of the confederacy, chapter 89
Bleak house was built as a wedding present for louise franklin and robert houston armstrong The house features a fine collection of paintings by eleanor mcadoo wiley, the sister of notable knoxville artist, catherine wiley Bleak house, and its terraced gardens, is used for meetings and weddings Learn more about civil war connections around knoxville here
3148 kingston pike, knoxville, tn 37919 Bleak house is a victorian mansion built in 1858 by prominent knoxvillian, robert h Armstrong, using slave labor to mold the bricks on site During the siege of knoxville and the battle of fort sanders in november and december 1863, the home served as headquarters for confederate gens.
