Bleak House (Knoxville, Tennessee)

The house was first occupied by Robert Houston Armstrong and his wife, Louisa Franklin.It was built in 1858 for the couple as a wedding gift by the bride's father, Major Lawson D. Franklin.[2] The home was used by Confederate Generals James Longstreet and Lafayette McLaws as their headquarters from November 17 to December 4 of 1863 during the Battle of Knoxville.[1][2] The home now belongs to local Chapter 89 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and is commonly called Confederate Memorial Hall.Crescent Bend, built by Robert Armstrong's father, Drury, and Westwood, built by Robert's daughter, Adelia Armstrong Lutz, still stand a few blocks from the Bleak House on Kingston Pike.
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