National Register of Historic Places

Perry's Camp

Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
Listed
October 30, 1992
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
92000369

About this property

Perry's Camp, now known as Flat Branch Cottages, was founded c. 1928 when Charlie Perry developed the site where Flat Branch joins the Little Pigeon River as a tourist resort. Located between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Perry's Camp was one of the first tourist courts in the area that has since become a tourist mecca. Perry's Camp preceded the founding of the adjacent Great Smoky Mountains National Park by six years. The site originally included a restaurant with living quarters upstairs and eleven cabins, including one log and stone house already on the site from the 1850s. The site has been owned and operated by the Mack Marshall family since 1952. Three of the remaining four cabins are still rented to tourists April through October.

Location

101 Flat Branch Rd.
Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
35.73477, -83.52532

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Perry's Camp listed on the National Register?

Perry's Camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 30, 1992.

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Perry's Camp is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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