About the

Onion Bottom District

The district’s history dates back to the early 1900s when Onion Bottom was a lively hub for importing and exporting produce on the rail lines, supplying large cities like Chicago with fruits and vegetables grown in the South.

Today, the Onion Bottom district is situated downtown within walking distance to the thriving Martin Luther King district to the north, the booming Southside district to the south, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s campus.