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INSIDE DRIVE EVENT Gay Street QUARTERLY SUMMER 2008 ADVOCATING FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PLACES AND STRUCTURES WITH HISTORIC OR CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. Every year in May, during Invite your National Preservation Month, KNOX HERITAGE friends to join Knox Heritage announces MEMBERSHIP Knox Heritage The Fragile Fifteen, its list of and get a the most endangered historic DRIVE EVENT glimpse of a buildings and places in order to educate the public and local UNDERGROUND rarely seen leaders about the plight of significant historic resources. section of GAY STREET downtown! The historic places included on the list are selected by the Knox Heritage Board of Directors from nominations received Friday, October 3, from 5–8 p.m., KH and Dewhirst from members of Knox Heritage and the general public. The list Properties host a “Members Only” event designed to provides a work plan for the organization for the next 12 months. encourage new members to join Knox Heritage. Preservation strategies are developed for each site on the list and can include working with current property owners, government KH members are invited to get a sneak peek of officials, citizens, and/or potential new owners to preserve these “Underground Gay Street”—the 100 block of Gay important parts of Knox County’s heritage. Street that was originally at street level before the street was raised in 1919. Guests will enter at 110 S Gay Knox Heritage is committed to acting as an advocate for the Street and go downstairs to a reception with food and endangered properties identified each year. We invite the beverages. Small groups will be led into select areas that community to join us in our efforts to save our endangered have the potential to be redeveloped into commercial heritage through advocacy and action. Much more information and retail use. Tour guides and visuals will help illustrate about this year’s Fragile Fifteen can be found on our web site, what the future may hold for underground Gay Street. www.knoxheritage.org. The reception and tour are FREE for current KH 1. Scenic Vistas & Ridgetops members. While we want our old friends to be there, we hope to see a lot of new faces, too! Please let friends, While Knox Heritage is best known for neighbors, and colleagues know of this opportunity and the preservation of historic structures, our encourage them to join KH today, so they can take part mission includes the protection of historic in this exclusive event! A prize will be awarded to the KH spaces as well. More than most cities, member who enlists the most new members between Knoxville is defined by the ridges and now and October 3. (Be sure your friend mentions your rivers that surround it. But those features name on the membership form when they join.) Also, are threatened by development that is not new members joining between now and October 3 will asked to address the costs imposed on the receive a limited edition 2009 calendar, and all attendees community for its associated infrastructure will be entered into drawings for additional prizes. and quality of life. continued on page 6 Current membership is about 800 households; we’d love to be at 1,000 households by the end of the year. Help us reach our goal—invite your friends to INSIDE join Knox Heritage today! COCKTAILS IN THE ATTIC ......................................... 3 ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR .................................... 4 KRISTOPHER KENDRICK FILM TRIBUTE ...................... 5 THE 1791 ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON .................... 5 PRESERVATION BRIEFS ............................................ 9 2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nominate Properties & People Officers for 2008 Preservation Awards Dorothy Stair • President Scott Schimmel • Vice President Lorie Huff • Vice President Knox Heritage is now accepting nominations for the 2008 Preservation John Craig • Treasurer Awards, given annually for outstanding contributions to historic preservation Katie King • Secretary in Knox County. These awards will be presented at the Knox Heritage David Anderson Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 5 at the Bijou Theatre. Awards Barbara Apking may be given in the following categories: the City of Knoxville Mayor’s Award Wayne Blasius and the Knox County Mayor’s Award; the Greystone, Civic Achievement, Annette L. Brun and Media awards; the “Fantastic Fifteen,” for compatible new construction, Angelyn Campbell Schultz restoration, and continuing maintenance; the Volunteer of the Year; the Pamela Chips Spirit of Kristopher Award; and the Ronald B. Childress Memorial Award for John Conley Preservationist of the Year. David Dewhirst Beth Eason We encourage members and friends of Knox Heritage to submit nominations Scott Fugate of residential or commercial projects that have been completed recently, or Amy Gibson, Ph.D. nominations of a person that has recently and significantly contributed to Marianne Greene the furtherance of historic preservation in Knox County. Nominations should Brett Grimm include the property owner’s or individual’s name, address, phone number, Mary Wells Holbrook neighborhood, and why you think an award would be a fitting recognition. Lee Ingram Please include a photo of the nominated property if possible. Dr. Breese Johnson Gay Lyons, Ph.D. Examples of eligible projects or individuals are: Sean Martin • Completed restoration of a historic home George Cranwell Montgomery • Completed restoration of a historic commercial building J. Finbarr Saunders • Preservation through continuing maintenance of a historic home or Monte Stanley building Lynne Sullivan, Ph.D. • Infill construction compatible with historic neighborhoods Becky Wade • Corporate leadership in preservation Mary Whaley, Ph.D. • Civic leadership in preservation Ann Bennett • Ex-Officio Member, MPC • Outstanding media coverage of preservation issues Ashley Stinson • Ex-Officio Member, • Exceptional volunteer service for historic preservation-related causes Knoxville Junior League Tom McAdams • General Counsel Please send 2008 Preservation Awards nominations to Knox Heritage by Friday, September 12, 2008. Nominations may be submitted by: Honorary Board Members Joan Allen Mail: Knox Heritage Glenn Bullock ATTN: Awards Committee Steve Cotham P.O. Box 1242 Randall De Ford Knoxville, TN 37901 Matt Edens E-mail: [email protected] Kristopher Kendrick Fax: (865) 523-0938 Mike Fowler Doug McKamey DEADLINE: All nominations must be received by September 12, 2008. Pat Roddy Knox Heritage reserves the right to select final award winners based on Staff nominations submitted by the public and its Board of Directors. Kim Trent • Executive Director Becky Hancock • Development Director Hollie Cook • Program Assistant/Research Margaret S.C. Walker • Newsletter 2 RESERVATION ARTNERS JOIN US OCTOBER 10 FOR 2008 P P landmark A FUNDRAISER FOR capital KNOX HERITAGE pedestal Friends of Knox Heritage appreciate the architectural and cultural treasures in the historic C. RANDALL houses and buildings that exist throughout DE FORD Knox County. But we also know that our region possesses other treasures as well: antiques, ARCHITECTURE fine arts, crafts, entertainment, and leisure activities. All of these things together make our community one we cherish and celebrate! To pay tribute to East Tennessee’s rich cultural traditions and pastimes, Knox Heritage is hosting the second annual Cocktails in the Attic on Friday, STEPHEN & NANCY October 10, at 7 p.m. at the historic L&N Station LAND (401 Henley Street). The highlight of the evening is a live and silent auction that features fine arts, antiques, handcrafted works, and “experience” packages that are directly tied to our region’s offerings. We’re also soliciting local celebrities to donate an item from their attic for the auction. The returning guest host and celebrity auctioneer is Tim Luke, featured on HGTV’s Cash in the Attic cornerstone and PBS’s Antiques Roadshow. Tim, together with Greg Strahm of TreasureQuest Appraisal Group, infuses the evening with excitement and laughter as he encourages the crowd to bid on the unique auction items. The perfect evening is completed by live music, a buffet dinner, beverages, and a signature cocktail—all keystone AIA OF in a historic setting that helps get you in the EAST TENNESSEE mood to bid on items to support Knox Heritage. INNOVATIVE Tickets are $50 per person and are available now on our web site, www.knoxheritage.org or by calling the BUILDERS office at 523-8008. We hope you’ll make plans to attend and help Knox Heritage carry out its mission! Cocktails in the Attic is generously sponsored by Clayton Bank & Trust, HGTV, pillar B-97.5, and The Knoxville News Sentinel. 3 2 0 0 8 A RT & Revitalization of Gay Street’s 500 Block Continues A RC H ITECT U RE TO U R With the renovation of the Tennessee Theatre, the addition of the Regal Riviera SEPTEMBER 5, 6:00 P.M. 8 and restored buildings like the Holston and the Burwell bringing residents to downtown, Gay Street is experiencing a surge in activity not seen in decades. We had so much fun at last year’s Art Another important component to the revival of this popular thoroughfare is & Architecture Tour that we’ve decided progressing as well: the remaining historic buildings on the east side of the to make it an annual event, occurring 500 block, remembered by many as the S&W Cafeteria, the WROL studios, on a “First Friday” in the fall. This year’s and the Athletic House. tour is on Friday, September 5, starting at 6:00 p.m. Meet at Sapphire, located Knox Heritage played an important role in the preservation of these historic at 428 S. Gay Street, for a reception buildings, thanks to the City of Knoxville, Mayor Bill Haslam, and Regal with appetizers and wine, and depart Entertainment Group. An early version of the movie theater complex called for for the tour at 7:00 p.m. Once again, demolition of the structures, so Knox Heritage requested and was provided an Jack Neely and Steve Cotham will opportunity to present an alternate plan that supplied the necessary square be guiding the tours.
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