Photo from the Archives of the City of Kingsport. … [Read more...]
1921 – Kingsport Public Library opened
1920 – Tennessee Eastman Founded
Eastman Kodak founder, George Eastman, was in search of an area with suitable quantities of methanol and acetone. He set his sights on Kingsport, Tennessee, and it's forests. … [Read more...]
1920 – Allen Dryden Sr., opens first architectural firm
1919 – Construction of White City
1919 – Kingsport Book Club formed
1919 – Kingsport High School
Kingsport High School graduates 3 students. … [Read more...]
1918 – Homestead Hotel built
Homestead Hotel built for Grant Leather Company. … [Read more...]
1918 – Hagan Hammond dies in WWI
First Sullivan County/Kingsport soldier to die in World War I. A street, a bridge and an American Legion Post were all named after him. … [Read more...]