Downtown Kingsport

by Brianne Wright

Book Overview

Kingsport, the Model City, was the first American city in the 20th century that was privately financed and professionally planned.

Kingsport's location on the Clinchfield Railroad played a significant role in the development of the city, but it was the early visionaries and leaders who embraced the city's potential and transformed it. Chartered in 1917, it's credited as being the first city in Tennessee to adopt the radical notion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738582441
• ISBN13: 9780738582443
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"