# National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Tennessee

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Tennessee.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark.
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Tennessee for additional properties in Johnson City, a city that spans the county line.
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This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 28, 2025.

## Current listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Rueben Brooks Farmstead | Rueben Brooks Farmstead | April 5, 2001 (#01000344) | 1548 Blue Springs Rd. 36°23′46″N 82°06′25″W﻿ / ﻿36.396111°N 82.106944°W﻿ / 36.396111; -82.106944﻿ (Rueben Brooks Farmstead) | Elizabethton | Farm established c. 1820, house constructed during the same period. |
| 2 | John and Landon Carter House | John and Landon Carter House More images | April 14, 1972 (#72001230) | 1013 Broad St. 36°21′14″N 82°12′17″W﻿ / ﻿36.3539°N 82.2046°W﻿ / 36.3539; -82.2046﻿ (John and Landon Carter House) | Elizabethton | |
| 3 | Elizabethton Historic District | Elizabethton Historic District More images | March 14, 1973 (#73001754) | Bounded roughly by 2nd, 4th, East, and Sycamore Sts. 36°20′52″N 82°12′41″W﻿ / ﻿36.347778°N 82.211389°W﻿ / 36.347778; -82.211389﻿ (Elizabethton Historic District) | Elizabethton | |
| 4 | Henson Hunt House | Henson Hunt House | December 26, 1979 (#79002414) | Brookdale Rd. 36°17′56″N 82°19′25″W﻿ / ﻿36.298889°N 82.323611°W﻿ / 36.298889; -82.323611﻿ (Henson Hunt House) | Johnson City | |
| 5 | Miller Farmstead | Miller Farmstead | July 25, 2014 (#14000449) | Roan Mountain State Park 36°10′41″N 82°06′38″W﻿ / ﻿36.178126°N 82.110670°W﻿ / 36.178126; -82.110670﻿ (Miller Farmstead) | Roan Mountain | |
| 6 | Renfro-Allen Farm | Upload image | March 28, 1996 (#96000333) | Judge Ben Allen Rd., northeast of Elizabethton 36°22′37″N 82°10′48″W﻿ / ﻿36.376944°N 82.18°W﻿ / 36.376944; -82.18﻿ (Renfro-Allen Farm) | Elizabethton | |
| 7 | Sabine Hill | Sabine Hill More images | April 11, 1973 (#73001755) | Off State Route 67 36°19′33″N 82°16′11″W﻿ / ﻿36.325833°N 82.269722°W﻿ / 36.325833; -82.269722﻿ (Sabine Hill) | Elizabethton | |
| 8 | Shelving Rock Encampment | Shelving Rock Encampment | July 10, 2009 (#09000533) | State Route 143 and Smith Branch Rd. 36°11′00″N 82°04′32″W﻿ / ﻿36.183272°N 82.075636°W﻿ / 36.183272; -82.075636﻿ (Shelving Rock Encampment) | Roan Mountain | Site where the Overmountain Men camped in September 1780 while en route to the Battle of Kings Mountain. |
| 9 | Simerly-Butler House | Simerly-Butler House | November 7, 1996 (#96001315) | 206 Main St. 36°17′00″N 82°10′24″W﻿ / ﻿36.283333°N 82.173333°W﻿ / 36.283333; -82.173333﻿ (Simerly-Butler House) | Hampton | Now known as Butler Mansion; built in 1867 by local businessman and politician Elijah Simerly; later occupied by Ralph Butler. |
| 10 | Sycamore Shoals | Sycamore Shoals More images | October 15, 1966 (#66000721) | 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Elizabethton on the Watauga River 36°20′33″N 82°15′21″W﻿ / ﻿36.3425°N 82.255833°W﻿ / 36.3425; -82.255833﻿ (Sycamore Shoals) | Elizabethton | |
| 11 | U.S. Post Office | U.S. Post Office | August 9, 1983 (#83003024) | 201-203 N. Sycamore St. 36°20′56″N 82°12′54″W﻿ / ﻿36.348889°N 82.215°W﻿ / 36.348889; -82.215﻿ (U.S. Post Office) | Elizabethton | Early-1930s beaux-arts building designed by James Wetmore; now home to the Elizabethton-Carter County Public Library. |
| 12 | Watauga Hydroelectric Project | Watauga Hydroelectric Project More images | August 11, 2017 (#100001463) | 774 Wilbur Dam Rd. 36°19′24″N 82°07′19″W﻿ / ﻿36.323333°N 82.121944°W﻿ / 36.323333; -82.121944﻿ (Watauga Hydroelectric Project) | Elizabethton | |
| 13 | John T. Wilder House | John T. Wilder House | March 13, 1986 (#86000400) | 202 Main St. 36°11′45″N 82°04′16″W﻿ / ﻿36.195833°N 82.071111°W﻿ / 36.195833; -82.071111﻿ (John T. Wilder House) | Roan Mountain | Built in 1884 by General John T. Wilder. |

## Former listings

| | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
| 1 | Carriger-Cowan House | Upload image | June 6, 1979 (#79002415) | March 27, 2013 | East of Siam | Siam | |
| 2 | Henry Range House | Upload image | March 25, 1982 (#82003956) | April 12, 1991 | South of Watauga on Smallings Rd. | Watauga | Relocated to the property of the Isaac Hammer House in Washington County. |