LIMESTONE, TENNESSEE IS AN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY ON THE WESTERN BORDER OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE EASTERN BORDER OF GREENE COUNTY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF TENNESSEE. LIMESTONE IS PART OF THE JOHNSON CITY METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA WHICH IS A COMPONENT OF THE JOHNSON CITY - KINGSPORT - BRISTOL TN-VA COMBINED STATISTICAL AREA - COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE TRI-CITIES REGION. WASHINGTON COLLEGE ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN LIMESTONE IN 1780 BY REV SAMUEL DOAK AND WAS THE FIRST INSTITUTIONS TO BEAR THE NAME OF THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT. LIMESTONE WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF DAVID CROCKETT 1786 TO JOHN AND REBECCA CROCKETT. THE GILLESPIE HOUSE BUILT IN 1792 BY PIONEER SETTLER GEORGE GILLESPIE STILL STANDS IN LIMESTONE. ONE OF THE LOCATIONS USED IN THE TV MOVIE GOODBYE MISS 4TH OF JULY 1988 WAS THE OLD STONE HOUSE IN LIMESTONE. GLENN D BROYLES MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1969 - 1972 WAS BORN IN LIMESTONE. TILLY WALKER OUTFIELDER FOR 1916 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX WAS RAISED IN LIMESTONE. I DID THIS VIDEO ON SATURDAY MARCH 6TH 2021 AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 51 DEGREES. ALTHOUGH THE TOWN IS MORE OR LESS A GHOST TOWN THE AREA HAS MANY BEAUTIFUL AND MODERN HOMES
6 мар 2021
