Historic Gay Street is one of the highlights of downtown Knoxville. Constructed in the 1790s as a stretch of dirt road, Gay Street became the first street in town to be paved about six decades later.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn ... Highway to the Cumberland Avenue/Kingston Pike exit and enter the Fort Sanders area via 20th Street. Directional signage will help guide the way along this route.

In 1783, he led an expedition into the upper Tennessee Valley and established what would become the future site of Knoxville. In 1790, the fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory.

The new vendor building at Augusta Quarry in Fort Dickerson Park is in the later stages of construction completion on Monday, April 7, 2025, in in Knoxville, Tenn. The Augusta Avenue entrance is a ...

A new student apartment complex is in the early stages of construction in Fort Sanders to add to the student housing market at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville continues to grow.