 Netherland
Inn
Listed on the National Register of Historical Sites, the Netherland
Inn rises above the Holston River. The restored Inn faces the
Old Stage Road in the heart of Kingsport’s Boat Yard Park,
an area along the Holston River that served as migratory spot
for settlers to build boats for their westward trip during
the mid-1700s.
William King originally built Netherland Inn
between 1802 and 1808 as a point from where he could ship salt
westward. He later sold the inn in 1818 to Richard Netherland
who procured a stage contract and established the inn and tavern
for travelers along the Old Stage Road.
As a stop along the route from Washington City
and Nashboro and the main route to western Kentucky and middle
Tennessee, the inn hosted many famous persons including Presidents
Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk.
The Inn is filled with museum furnishings that
depict an intimate study of life in one of the South’s most
important American frontier settlements. Behind the Inn is
the Netherland Inn Log Cabin Children’s Museum and Schoolhouse,
featuring children’s toys of the 18th and 19th centuries. Not
original to the site, the cabin was moved from Daniel Boone’s
Wilderness Trail in Virginia. Boone is believed to have lived
in the cabin between 1773 and 1775.
The Inn is open May through October and by special
arrangement. For more information, contact Netherland Inn,
P.O. Box 293, Kingsport, TN 37662, or call 423-246-7982
Location: Kingsport, TN
Phone: 423-246-7982
Toll Free Phone:
Website: www.netherlandinn.com
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