Armory Building - 1840
Market Street
Referred to at one time as “the most magnificent building in East Tennessee”, this three-story brick structure served at various times as a mercantile house, temporary county courthouse, military prison used by both armies during the Civil War, city hall, National Guard Armory, and automobile dealership. The building was torn down in the 1920s and is today the site of a drive-through banking branch.
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Bijou Theatre - 1906
Walnut Street
The 1600 seat Jakewell’s Bijou Theatre, located across from the Hamilton County Courthouse, served for many years as a theatre, church, and auditorium before being damaged by fire in 1940. Although the owners announced their intention to rebuild the structure, in 1949 it was taken down to make way for county employee parking.
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Carlile - Devine House - 1870s
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Constructed on an entire block at the foot of Cameron Hill was this two-story Victorian mansion. It served as the Carver Memorial Hospital (1947-62), the first Municipal Hospital in the South completely staffed by African-American doctors and nurses. The house was torn down as part of the Golden Gateway urban renewal project in the 1960s.
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First Baptist Church - 1887
Georgia Avenue
Designed by Master Architect R.H. Hunt, this beautiful Romanesque church was torn down in 1967. A parking lot took its place after the church moved to a new location in the Golden Gateway development.
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Lattner (Grant) House
First Street
This frame house served as the headquaters of Union General Ulysses S. Grant during the battles for Chattanooga in 1863. At one time the oldest residence in Tennessee, the house, which sat near the southern end of the Walnut Street Bridge, was torn down in 1966.
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Northern Hotel - 1886
Chestnut Street
For many years, this four-story brick structure was the second-largest hotel (after the Read House) in Chattanooga. In 1958, the hotel became one of the first casualties of the Westside Redevelopment Program and was demolished.
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Whiteside House - 1840
Westside
The first brick house located in Chattanooga was built by James A. Whiteside, early Chattanooga promoter whose efforts earned him the nickname “old man Chattanooga.” Torn down in the 1920s, the home was replaced by an apartment building.Today it's covered by the I-27 freeway.
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