A street-corner view of the two-story clapboard building known as Tennessee's first state capitol. A long covered porch runs along the front, and brick chimneys rise from the roof. Knoxville served as the state capital from 1796 until 1812, and the plain frame structure was preserved and pointed out as the seat of the earliest state government. A utility pole, a small tree, and neighboring buildings frame the scene, with taller buildings faintly visible behind.
White border; printed copyright line along the left margin; handwritten place and date annotation ("Knoxville Tenn Sept 2nd 1907") in blue ink at the right edge.
Postmark: AMESBURY MASS NOV 4 1904. Undivided back, white border, copyright 1903; light edge wear.
Cite this card
First State Capitol of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1904, postcard, c. 1904. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/first-state-capitol-of-tennessee-knoxville-1904. Accessed November 2, 2026.
