A street-corner view of a two-story clapboard building with a long covered porch and brick chimneys, identified by the printed caption as the first state capitol of Tennessee in Knoxville. Knoxville served as Tennessee's capital from statehood in 1796 until 1812, and this frame structure was long preserved and pointed out as the seat of the state's earliest government. The card shows the building flanked by a utility pole, a small tree, and neighboring structures, 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 AUG 4 7:30 AM 1904. Undivided back, white border, copyright 1903; light edge wear.
Cite this card
First State Capitol of Tennessee, Knoxville, circa 1903, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/first-state-capitol-of-tennessee-knoxville-circa-1903. Accessed October 25, 2026.
