Netherland Inn

Visit an old hotel that was used by a few American presidents while in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Netherland Inn is a Federal-style hotel built in 1802. Originally used as a boat yard and stage stop, it became an inn not too long after it first opened. The inn is available for tours as people can visit to learn how the place was used by travelers.

Visit the inn and review the documents of Richard Netherland, the local traveler who built the property. See the tavern on the first floor and then the family quarters on the second. Look around the guest rooms on the third floor.

View the rooms as they have been heavily refurbished to their original early nineteenth century appearances. Some of the items on display in the City of Kingsport are recreations as a large portion of the original materials were destroyed during the Civil War. A few original pieces are still intact.

Learn about the connections that this place in Kingsport, TN has to three American presidents. Andrew Jackson, James Polk and Andrew Johnson all visited the hotel in the past. See where John Netherland, a prominent state politician and Union supporter, lived and spent much of his time studying before entering the political world.