Seinknecht General Store
Long before the age of big box stores such as Wal-Mart and Target, Oliver Springs had its own one stop shop in the Sienknecht’s General Merchandise Store. Sienknecht’s was considered the place to shop and find whatever it was you needed. Whether nails, a bolt of fine clothing, a hat custom made in the latest style, meats and groceries or maybe even a chicken from the pen outside the store, Sienknecht’s was sure to have exactly what you were looking for. More »
Oliver Springs Library
If you come into Oliver Springs today and ask for directions to the town library you will be directed towards one of the town’s crown jewels when it comes to its history. Anyone in town will tell you head down to the old train depot which now houses the Oliver Springs Public Library and the Oliver Springs Historical Society’s Museum and Preservation rooms. More »
Official City Throw On Sale
Attention: If you placed an order for the Oliver Springs Commemoration Afghan but have not paid yet, you have until Friday afternoon do so or your afghan will not be ordered. Please Contact Pat Crowe (435.0384 or p.crowe435@comcast.net) of the Oliver Springs Historical Society about making payment or by visiting the library and making your payment there. The library is open Monday - Friday 10am to 6pm.. More »
Colonial Hall
In a town as old as Oliver Springs it’s easy to inquire about its history but where do you start. The best place to start may be with talking about what is the oldest surviving structure in town; Colonial Hall. More »
Oliver Springs Hotel
The year is 1895 and Oliver Springs has become a growing boomtown. The old 35 room Oliver Springs Hotel, or ‘Richards House’ as it was known had been torn down in 1894 to make way for the new hotel, which promised to surpass anything that the town had yet seen. And as first the mansions, then the carpenters did their magic, what came into being was indeed a magnificent edifice which promised grander times to come. More »
About
“The Oliver Springs Community originated from a 5,000-acre grant issued to
Stockley Donelson on June 17, 1790, Grant No. 74 from the State of NC for land on
Poplar Creek. Donelson received other grants that today constitute much of the
land around the Oliver Springs region. Some of these include: 1,500 acres that
are now downtown Oak Ridge, 1,000 acres on East Fork in Roane County about
1.5 miles west of the Anderson County line, 3,000 acres in the Old Wheat Area
(including the Mill Site), and a 50,000-acre grant in 1795 for the land between
the Tennessee and Clinch River’s conflux.”
(From The Story of Oliver Springs, TN and Its People, Vol. IV, by Snyder E. Roberts, courtesy of C. S.
Harvey, Conservator of the Roberts–Harvey Archives)
More at the Oliver Springs Historical Society Website.
City Councilmen discuss important business during the City Hall Open House
Chris Hepler – Mayor Robert Miller, Council – Ward 1 Maurice Walker, Council – Ward 2 Omer Cox, Council – Ward 3 Terry Craze, Vice Mayor, Council – Ward 4 Paul Fox, Council – Ward 5 James Brummitt, Council – Ward 6