It offers tours, weddings and special events in a beautiful setting. Bleak house is an antebellum classical revival style house in knoxville, tennessee It is on the national register of historic places. Confederate memorial hall and) is lovingly maintained and cared for by the united daughters of the confederacy, chapter 89 Bleak house was built as a wedding present for louise franklin and robert houston armstrong It was built by robert houston armstrong and served as a confederate headquarters during the siege of knoxville in 1863.
Bleak house is a victorian mansion built in 1858 by prominent knoxvillian, robert h Armstrong, using slave labor to mold the bricks on site During the siege of knoxville and the battle of fort sanders in november and december 1863, the home served as headquarters for confederate gens. This beautiful antebellum mansion, known today as confederate memorial hall, was originally named bleak house after the charles dickens novel During the war between the states the house was the headquarters for general james longstreet and his staff during the siege of knoxville, 17 november.
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