Lea Springs, Tennessee

Lea Springs, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Lea Springs
U.S. Route 11W in Lea Springs with Clinch Mountain in the background.
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Coordinates: 36.178551°N 83.682259°W / 36.178551; -83.682259
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Grainger
City	Blaine
Elevation [1]	961 ft (293 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37709
Area code	865
GNIS feature ID	1314267[1]

Lea Springs is an unincorporated community in southwestern Grainger County, Tennessee.^[1] It is located two miles northeast of the city of Blaine.^[2] It is also located partially inside Blaine's city limits and urban growth boundary.^[3]

History

Lea Springs was the site of a historic mansion of the same name. It was built by slaves in 1819 for Pryor Lea, who grew up in nearby Richland.^[4] Lea became a politician in Tennessee and Texas, and he was a founding trustee of the University of Mississippi.^[4] He died in 1879, and the house was remodeled as a resort in the 1880s.^[4]

The mansion was designed in the Federal architectural style, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4] It was demolished in 2008 and the property was de-listed in 2023.

References

1. "Lea Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Lea Springs, Tennessee" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
3. "Grainger County Growth Plan" (PDF). Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. July 10, 2000. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
4. Jon Coddington (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lea Springs". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2018. With accompanying four photos from 1973