Governor William Blount Association is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to preserving our Registered National Historic Landmark, and inspiring an appreciation of national, state, and local history through the site and the lives of those who lived and worked here. Circa-1792 Blount Mansion was home to U. S. Constitution signer William Blount, appointed by President George Washington as governor of the Southwest Territory. In 1796 Governor William Blount shepherded the Southwest Territory into admission to the union as our nation’s sixteenth state, Tennessee. Blount Mansion is the only U.S. Constitution signer’s home located outside the original thirteen states, and one of just a handful of signer’s homes which are open to the public. We take seriously our role as Knoxville’s Constitution Connection and as the Birthplace of Tennessee. From the construction of Blount Mansion in 1792 through the end of the Civil War seven decades later, enslaved people were an indelible part of day-to-day life at Blount Mansion. Our aim is to include the stories of these people as part of the day-to-day interpretation at our historic site. As the years passed, the house was sold to other families and eventually became slum housing in 1924. With the impending threat of demolition, the Bonnie Kate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, saved the house from destruction and purchased the property to establish the Blount Mansion Association in 1925 and later opened the house to the public as a museum on December 4, 1926. We are delighted to tell the stories, 100 years later, of the frontiers people and later residents of the Birthplace of Tennessee! Blount Mansion hosts thousands of visitors a year. This includes public, private, and home-schooled students each year. Visit us to step back into the Tennessee frontier and experience the rustic lifestyle of our pioneers in the 1790s.