Thursday, October 22, 2026

Question: Knoxville is nicknamed “The Marble City” for a local stone used in which Washington, D.C., museum?

Answer: The National Gallery of Art, whose West Building is clad in Tennessee marble. The stone also appears in the U.S. Capitol. Knoxville’s quarries shipped the stone nationwide in the late 1800s and early 1900s, giving the city its nickname.