Old Knoxville City Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee

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The Knoxville Old City Hall is a complex of historic buildings located at 601 W Summit Hill Drive in Knoxville, Tennessee. The complex is on the National Register of Historic Places. The complex consists of (4) two- and three-story brick buildings. The architectural styles include Greek Revival, Italianate and Neoclassical. The oldest building was constructed in 1848.

The historic name for the complex is the Tennessee School for the Deaf. It was the Tennessee School for the Deaf from 1848 to 1924, and the Knoxville City Hall from 1925 to 1980. The Knoxville city government and the county government constructed moved into the City-County Building in 1980.

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