[3] The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1963, and the only remnants of the complex are the cabins of the site, the pool bathhouse, and the springhouse, the last of which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

[3] Following the American Revolutionary War, over 6,000 acres, including the resort property and the spring, were bought by Colonel William Hord in 1791 from a North Carolina land grant.

[1] With the completion of the Peavine Railroad, which connected Morristown to Knoxville in 1896, many of America's most prominent and wealthy families arrived to Tate Springs via private rail,[5] leading to the most successful years of the resort.

[1] In 1941, prior to its closure, the hotel suffered the loss of some of its grounds, its sewage plant, and its 18-hole golf course due to the impoundment of the Holston River by the Tennessee Valley Authority for the construction of Cherokee Dam.

[7] The relocation of U.S. Route 11W following the flooding of the Holston River valley would also impact the resort property, separating the main hotel from the remaining part of the golf course and several structures.

[6] During its heyday, the Tate Springs resort complex consisted of the large, luxurious, three-story resort hotel, an estimated 30 to 40 outbuildings, an elegant ballroom, horse riding stables, swimming pool and bathhouse, billiards room, tennis courts, a 100-acre natural park, a professional 18-hole golf course, a powerhouse, a sewage treatment plant, and a water pump station.

[1] Bath water for guest bathrooms and the pool bathhouse was pumped from German Creek, and was contained in a large concrete reservoir located behind the luxury hotel.

[1] Tate Epson Water, which came from the mineral spring the resort was named after, was sold internationally as a tonic, and prescribed by many prominent physicians of late 19th and early 20th century.