Perhaps old news - I see Harley Benton has a tenor guitar ($200-ish) with a solid top and the bridge in the right place, although the copywriters don't seem exactly sure what it is they're writing about. One pick shows the fret marker on the 10th and the specs look promising:
https://harleybenton.com/product/clt-20s-tenor/#
Design: 3/4 Dreadnought
Top: Solid Sitka spruce
Body: Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Pau ferro
Mother-of-Pearl dot fretboard inlays
Cream/Black/Cream body binding
Neck profile: Modified Oval C
Scale: 579 mm / 22.8"
Nut width: 32 mm
20 Frets
Dual action trussrod
Compensated saddle made of bone
Bridge: Pau ferro
Scalloped X-Bracing
Open deluxe butterbean machine heads
Total length: 85 cm
Standard tuning: CGDA
Alternative tunings: GDAE, DGBE, GCEA
Ex-factory stringing: D'Addario J-66 tenor
Colour: Natural high gloss
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