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Andrew Johnson Hotel

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The Andrew Johnson Building is a high-rise building in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. Completed in 1929 as the Andrew Johnson Hotel, at , it was Knoxville's tallest building for nearly half a century.Ronald Childress, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Andrew Johnson Hotel, March 1980, p. 3 In the 1980s, it was converted to office space by Knox County. In 1980, the Andrew Johnson Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.Ronald Childress, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Andrew Johnson Hotel, March 1980, p. 1 In 2017, BNA Associates announced plans to convert it back to a hotel. The plans were approved in 2020. As of 2022, the county offices have been almost entirely vacated in preparation for the extensive renovations. Read more on Wikipedia

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