Graham-Kivette House | |
![]() The house in 2015 | |
Location | Main Street and Old Knoxville Road, Tazewell, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°27′08″N 83°34′17″W / 36.45222°N 83.57139°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | c.1800 |
Built by | William Graham |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 75001740 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
The Graham-Kivett House is a historic house in Tazewell, Tennessee. It was built of limestone around 1800 by William Graham, an immigrant from Ireland who co-founded of Tazewell. [2] The house was designed in the Federal architectural style. [2] By the turn of the 20th century, it belonged to William Yoakum, who sold it to James Kivett, a lawyer. [2] It was inherited by his son, J. K. Kivett, who served as the county judge of Claiborne County until he was "convicted in December 1956 of taking four $1,000 county bonds to a Knoxville bank in June 1954 to obtain a personal loan of $5,400." [3] The house remained in the Kivett family in the 1970s. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 29, 1975. [1]