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Here is a nice tall round embossed quart milk bottle from the Sterchi and Sons Dairy Farm Dairy Farm Dairy Farms Farm Dairy Farms Dairy Farm dairy farm that once was operated by Mr. Sterchi and his family and located in historic Knoxville TN Tenn. Tennessee. The front says, "Sterchi & Sons Farm Dairy". This authentic milk bottle is from 1945 and is in good condition with no cracks, dings, chips, and only minor casewear and scratches as seen in the pictures. A nice addition for the collector of Knoxville TN Tenn. Tennessee milk bottles. I have been told that this is a hard to find milk bottle from Knoxville TN. This milk bottle is unusual as it has 5 rings around the neck of the bottle.

STERCHI & SONS DAIRY FARM

KNOXVILLE TN 

James Sterchi and his brothers, J.C. and E. H. Sterchi, were sons of a Swiss immigrant who originally settled in the Wartburg, Tn. area among many other Swiss families. The Sterchis moved to north Knox County and established a farm. James and his brothers founded Sterchi Brothers Furniture in 1888 and by 1896 were publishing a catalog.

After a fire in 1897 destroyed their business, they relocated and built a new warehouse in the 100 block of Gay Street. Their fame grew as retailers and, by the 1920s the Sterchi brothers had 18 stores in the southeast. James bought out his brothers and, by the end of that decade, Sterchi’s was the largest furniture store chain in the world, it is said, with 48 stores, manufacturing plants, and even a lumber operation in Kentucky.

James Sterchi expanded his farm to more than 1,400 acres, started a large dairy farm, and built his Sterchi Mansion in 1910. The home, now owned by Buddy and Linda Malin, has 5,800 square feet of living space and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Sterchi family called the home “Stratford Hall” but, today, it’s the Sterchi Mansion to most local people.

The home is a land mark at 809 Dry Gap Pike and much of the farm land is now a large subdivision of homes.

In 1921 Sterchi bought Chilhowee Park and sold it to the city five years later. James Sterchi’s wife, Bertha, gave land for what is now Sterchi Elementary. The picture below is of the Sterchi and Sons dairy barn