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The Ramsey House is a two-story, stone house in Knox County
Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County is a County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423,874 by the United States Census Bureau. Its county seat is Knoxville, Tennessee, as it has been since the creation of the county....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. Also known as Swan Pond, the house was constructed circa 1797 by Thomas Hope for Francis Alexander Ramsey. Mr. Hope was brought in from Charleston, South Carolina, to design the house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
.

Francis Alexander Ramsey was an official in Washington County, Tennessee
Washington County, Tennessee

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 107,198. Its county seat is Jonesborough, Tennessee....
 government, in the State of Franklin
State of Franklin

The State of Franklin was an Autonomous entity, secessionist United States territory created, not long after the end of the American Revolution, from territory that later was ceded by North Carolina to the federal government....
, in the territorial government
Southwest Territory

The Southwest Territory, formally known as the Territory South of the River Ohio, was a historic, organized territory of the United States corresponding to modern-day Tennessee....
 and in the State of Tennessee. His career as a public servant lasted 37 years.






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The Ramsey House is a two-story, stone house in Knox County
Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County is a County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423,874 by the United States Census Bureau. Its county seat is Knoxville, Tennessee, as it has been since the creation of the county....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. Also known as Swan Pond, the house was constructed circa 1797 by Thomas Hope for Francis Alexander Ramsey. Mr. Hope was brought in from Charleston, South Carolina, to design the house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
.

Francis Alexander Ramsey was an official in Washington County, Tennessee
Washington County, Tennessee

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 107,198. Its county seat is Jonesborough, Tennessee....
 government, in the State of Franklin
State of Franklin

The State of Franklin was an Autonomous entity, secessionist United States territory created, not long after the end of the American Revolution, from territory that later was ceded by North Carolina to the federal government....
, in the territorial government
Southwest Territory

The Southwest Territory, formally known as the Territory South of the River Ohio, was a historic, organized territory of the United States corresponding to modern-day Tennessee....
 and in the State of Tennessee. His career as a public servant lasted 37 years. Ramsey's children include W.B.A. Ramsey, the first elected mayor of Knoxville, and J.G.M. Ramsey, an early Tennessee historian and author of The Annals of Tennessee.

The house and grounds, located at 2614 Thorngrove Pike, are open to the public. The house is built of native red
Holston Formation

The Holston Geologic formation, alternately known as the Holston Limestone, is a stratigraphic geologic unit of Ordovician age within the Chickamauga Group in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of the southeastern United States....
 marble
Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
 with blue limestone
Limestone

File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record....
 trim. It is known for the quality of its interior and exterior detailing, as well as the period furniture pieces in the house.

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