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Claiborne County Jail

Buildings and structures in Claiborne County, TennesseeEast Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubsGovernment buildings completed in 1819Jails in TennesseeJails on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne County, Tennessee
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The Claiborne County Jail in Tazewell, Tennessee, is a historic jail that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The two-story limestone and brick jail was built in 1819. It replaced Claiborne County's first jail, a crude structure built on the same site in 1804. The 1819 jail was used until 1931. It was listed on the National Register in 2007. The county's current jail facility is located in New Tazewell. It typically holds between 160 and 180 inmates.

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Claiborne County Jail
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Porter's Tire

North Broad Street 1731
37879
Tennessee, United States
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James Weir House
James Weir House

The James Weir House (also called the Weir-McNeeley House) is a historic building formerly located in downtown Tazewell, Tennessee, United States. It was built by James Weir around 1830 as a two-story single-pen log structure, consisting of American chestnut logs on a limestone foundation. The log frame is covered with siding. In various times in its history, the house has served as a post office, store, inn, Civil War hospital, and library. In 1977, Samuel Gene McNeeley inherited the house from his parents, who had lived in it since 1920. In 1979 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, McNeeley, a physician who lived in nearby Norris, Tennessee, sold the house to the Claiborne County government, on the condition that it be used as a library or museum. A library was opened in the house in 1982 and operated until about 2000. In 2003 the library's board of directors opted to vacate the property, citing space concerns and the near-prohibitive cost of upkeep. In September 2004 the Claiborne County commissioners voted to return ownership of the house to Dr. McNeeley (who died in 2005). The house was purchased in 2007 by Eleanor Yoakum and moved to her farm south of Tazewell. It was being restored to its original condition by Verlin Singleton. The restoration was expected to be completed early in 2008, after which the house was to be open to the public by appointment only. The house was removed from the National Register in 2021.