James White’s Fort
Historic Fort of Knoxville, TN
Welcome to the website for James White’s Fort, Knoxville’s most visited historic site. Please take a few minutes to explore these pages to learn about James White, Knoxville’s founder. We hope you will take the opportunity to visit James White’s Fort in person to experience what life was like in East Tennessee more than 200 years ago.
Click here for information on our Buy A Shingle Campaign.
Read all about the Fort’s 1st Annual Hearthscares Ball in the News Sentinel’s People and Parties section and see photos of the event!