It offers tours, weddings and events, and is open on wednesdays, thursdays and fridays from 1 to 4 pm. Confederate memorial hall (bleak house) museum bleak house was headquarters to confederate general james longstreet during the fall 1863 siege of knoxville Bleak house is an antebellum classical revival style house in knoxville, tennessee
Bleak House | Knoxville, TN
It is on the national register of historic places.
It was used as a headquarters by confederate generals during the siege of knoxville in 1863 and has a fine collection of paintings.
Confederate memorial hall and) is lovingly maintained and cared for by the united daughters of the confederacy, chapter 89 Bleak house was built as a wedding present for louise franklin and robert houston armstrong Bleak house is a victorian mansion built in 1858 by prominent knoxvillian, robert h Armstrong, using slave labor to mold the bricks on site
During the siege of knoxville and the battle of fort sanders in november and december 1863, the home served as headquarters for confederate gens.
