Claiborne County

Grant-Lee Hall was listed on the NRHP in 1978 for its local significance in the area of education. Centrally located on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University, Grant-Lee Hall was constructed in 1917 and throughout its history has housed dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, administrative office, and the residence for the university president.

Established on June 11, 1940, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Cumberland Gap is a sizable natural break in the Appalachian Mountains. The park lies in parts of Bell and Harlan counties in Kentucky, Claiborne County in Tennessee, and Lee County in Virginia. The park contains the Kentucky-Virginia-Tennessee tri-state area, accessible via a short trail. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park covers 24,547 acres, and saw 828,947 visitors in 2011. The Cumberland Gap Visitor Center is located on U.S. Highway 25E just southeast of Middlesboro, Kentucky and just northwest of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The visitor center features a museum with interactive exhibits about the Gap’s role as a transportation corridor, an auditorium that shows films about the area’s cultural and natural history, a book store and the Cumberland Crafts gift shop.

The goal of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel project engineers was to facilitate safer travel along U.S. Route 25E, restore and preserve one of the nation's most historic routes, and to enhance recreational opportunities along the Gap. This modern engineering marvel is monitored by operators around the clock, 365 days a year.

Located near the town of Cumberland Gap, the marker commemorates the arrival of the initial wave of settlers and long hunters to the region. In addition, the marker describes Civil War activity in the area.

Hensley Settlement is an Appalachian living history museum on Brush Mountain, Bell County, Kentucky in the United States. The settlement is part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of the park visitor center on Ridge Trail, and contains twelve homestead log cabins, a one-room school house, and a blacksmith shop. A restored spring house on the property was used by the settlement as food storage. The settlement was established by in-laws Sherman Hensley and Willy Gibbons, and most inhabitants belonged to either the Hensley or Gibbons family. The last resident was Sherman Hensley, who left in 1951. The school and some forty-five settlement structures and the agriculture environment were restored to their original state in the 1960s by the Job Corps.

The Academy was founded by German immigrant George Shutter, who came to Tennessee from Pennsylvania in the early 1800′s. It was established in 1806 as Powell Valley Male Academy and later called Speedwell Academy. The Academy was also used as headquarters by General Zollicoffer during the Civil War as he prepared to take Cumberland Gap from Union forces. The Academy was later used as a hospital by both Union and Confederate forces. Hours Open to the Public: Apr. – Oct. (3rd Sun.) 2 – 5 p.m.; Holidays 2 – 5 p.m.; Christmas Open House (1st three weekends in Dec.) 2 – 7 p.m.

The Kincaid-Ausmus House was listed on the NRHP in 1975 for its local significance in the areas of architecture and government. The house is historically associated with John Kincaid II, a major land and slave owner of the Powell Valley. According to the NRHP form, Kincaid commissioned the construction all the existing antebellum brick homes in the Powell Valley region. As with all of Kincaid’s homes, his slaves were used in the construction of the buildings, which included the erection of a brick kiln on the site and the cutting of the limestone blocks that made up the foundations. This house was constructed for John Kincaid III. Proceeding owners included Kincaid III’s brother, Alvis; Jordan Longmire, and Wiliam Ausmus. The house serves as an excellent example of federal style architecture and features extensive interior woodwork.

Located on U.S. 25E, this marker identified the grave of settler James Robertson, killed by Indians in 1784 at Butcher’s Spring near Arthur.