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The Fidelity Building is an office building in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.Initially constructed in 1871 for the wholesale firm Cowan, McClung and Company, the building underwent an exterior renovation and was converted to Fidelity-Bankers Trust Company in 1929 and has since been renovated for use as office space.
In the 1790s, a two-story log structure on the site of the Burwell hosted classes for Blount College, considered by some to be the first co-educational university, and which later evolved into the University of Tennessee. [2] The building itself was originally built and owned by the Knoxville Banking and Trust Company. [1]
The Knoxville Banking & Trust Building became a prestigious address for Knoxville professionals, and in 1917, Atkin bought the building and honorarily named it after his wife, Mary Burwell (1871-1949). Measuring 166 feet (51 m) in height, the Burwell was Knoxville's tallest building until the completion of the Holston in 1913.
The Mechanics Bank building is a six-story (five floors and a mezzanine) rectangular building that measures roughly 145 feet (44 m) by 32 feet (9.8 m). [1] The building's facade (facing Gay Street) is constructed of locally quarried Tennessee marble, while the sides and rear of the building are constructed of brick and reinforced concrete.
The Half-Century of Knoxville: Being the Address and Proceedings at the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town, February 10, 1842. To which is added an appendix: containing a number of historical documents. (Printed at the Register Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1852). Isenhour, Judith Clayton. Knoxville, A Pictorial History.
Mechanics' Bank and Trust Company Building (612 South Gay), a five-story Beaux-Arts structure originally built in 1907, with two floors added in 1923. Journal Arcade (618-620 South Gay), a two-story Classical Revival-style building constructed in 1924, and designed by architect R. F. Graf .
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The Knoxville Convention Center is a 500,000-square-foot convention center in Knoxville, Tennessee, occupying the former location of the US Pavilion of the 1982 World's Fair. [2] It offers 120,000 square feet (11,000 m 2 ) of exhibit space.