Knox Heritage Winter 2007 Quarterly Advocating for the preservation of places and structures with historic or cultural significance. Knox Heritage is Helping to Restore America In 2007, Knox Heritage is embarking on the most exciting initiative in “So much great restoration and renovation activity is already happening its 32-year history. In partnership with HGTVʼs Restore America and in Parkridge,” said Kim Trent, “we hope that this just puts it over the the National Trust for Historic Preservation and with special thanks top. We want our work to encourage people who havenʼt seen the value for the assistance of Mayor in restoring their old homes, and show Bill Haslam and the City of them what a great asset it can be for Knoxville, KH has purchased them personally and for the community.” and will completely restore two homes in the Parkridge Due to the extremely blighted condition neighborhoodʼs Edgewood- of the houses and current real estate Park City Historic District. market in the neighborhood, it will cost more to restore the houses than The homes, 1618 and 1620 1620 Washington Avenue (left: Knoxville, right: Litchfi eld, CT) the amount for which they can be sold. Washington Avenue, stand Grants and sponsorship funding will vacant and blighted now, but 1618 Washington Avenue (left: Knoxville, right: Green Bay, WI) be used to fi ll in the cost gap. Knox Heritage the region and the country will fi nance the project by combining multiple will witness a breathtaking funding sources, including grant funds, transformation that will return sponsorships, and our existing lines of credit these homes to their former from the National Trust and the East elegance over the next 9 months; Foundation. the houses will then be sold to new homeowners. So far, KH has received a $50,000 grant from HGTVʼs Restore America to be used for the The restoration will highlight restoration of the two George Barber homes. the work of George Barber, Knoxvilleʼs most famous Victorian-era However, the restoration will require much more funding. With the architect, and the history of this special neighborhood. This initiative incredible backing of HGTV, the Knoxville News Sentinel, and WBIR- will be a catalyst in the Parkridge neighborhood, and Knox Heritageʼs TV, itʼs a great opportunity for a business to get involved through investment in the neighborhood will help spark investment by others. sponsorships. KH has secured an additional $25,000 from Schaad This project can help the neighborhood turn the corner and jump start Companies, $25,000 from the Haslam family, and $10,000 from Pilot other revitalization efforts. Corporation. Interested? Call Kim Trent at 523-8008.

The project will provide 10 months of events and activities highlighting Inside this Issue: the restoration, the work of George Barber, and Parkridge. The restoration of the houses will be featured nationally in on-air and online • Annual Meeting & Preservation Awards (page 2) content with HGTV and the National Trust and featured in an HGTV radio • 2007 Board of Directors & Offi cers (page 2) series and local media outlets. The Knoxville News Sentinel and WBIRʼs • Restored Glenwood Home Now Available (page 3) Style will also cover the entire process for their readers and viewers, • National Preservation Conference (page 8) and their support will provide generous advertising opportunities for • Realtors: Be a Historic Homes Specialist (page 8) our Restore America Partners. continued on page 7 Annual Meeting Knox Heritage Annual Meeting Featured “Fantastic 15” Preservation Awards Board of Directors AND THE WINNERS ARE... 2007 Officers Knox Heritage held its 2006 Annual Meeting and Dorothy Stair • President Preservation Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Fantastic 15 Scott Schimmel • Vice President November 9th at the Knoxville Museum of Art. 1. Compatible New Construction John Craig • Vice President The special evening began at 5:00 p.m. and was Judith & John Neff & Elizabeth Eason Scott Fugate • Treasurer free and open to anyone interested in preserving Architecture for 811 Gratz Katie King • Secretary our communityʼs heritage and revitalizing historic neighborhoods. David Anderson Barbara Apking This yearʼs annual meeting was a little different. Wayne Blasius Angelyn Campbell Schultz Knox Heritage has been so privileged to have the Pamela Chips quality of national speakers who have joined us John Conley for our annual event over the years, but this year David Dewhirst we tapped into our own homegrown talent. Beth Eason 2. Compatible New Construction Amy Gibson, Ph.D. The program featured Mayor Bill Haslam Ray & Greg Hyde for Shepherd Place Houses Marianne Greene moderating a lively and frank discussion on Brett Grimm the state of preservation in our community and Mary Holbrook the challenges ahead. Audience members also Lorie Huff heard from the experts how preservation has Lee Ingram Dr. Breese Johnson progressed over the last 10 years and how we Annette Lindstrom can keep that momentum going while expanding Gay Lyons its impact. Sean Martin Cran Montgomery Joining the discussion were Ann Bennett, Phyllis Y. Nichols Preservation Planner with the Metropolitan 3. Paul Murphy & Ron Hutchins for Finbarr Saunders Planning Commission; David Dewhirst, owner Judge Taylor House Monte Stanley of Dewhirst Properties; Matt Edens, “Urban Lynne P. Sullivan, Ph.D. Renewal” columnist for MetroPulse; Tom Becky Wade McAdams, attorney with Bernstein, Stair & Mary Whaley, Ph.D. McAdams; J. Finbarr Saunders, Knox Heritage Honorary Board Members President; and John Leith-Tetrault, with National Joan Allen Trust Community Investment Corporation. Glenn Bullock Steve Cotham Following the discussion, the “Fantastic Randall De Ford 15” Preservation Awards were presented Matt Edens to businesses and individuals who have 4. Mast General Store & Gallery Lofts, Kristopher Kendrick demonstrated an outstanding contribution in 402 S. Mike Fowler the fi eld of historic preservation. Doug McKamey Pat Roddy Knox Heritage also recognizes our communityʼs General Counsel most endangered historic places each year in Tom McAdams May. During National Preservation Month, the organization releases its list of the “Fragile 15” Staff in order to increase the publicʼs awareness of our Kim Trent • Executive Director most fragile historic places and to initiate action Hollie Cook • Program Assistant/Research to save those important places. Look for it soon! Margaret S.C. Walker • Newsletter

continued on page 6 2 Knox Heritage Properties

Knox Heritage celebrated the completion of the fi rst J. Allen Smith Endangered Properties Fund project this fall. The home at 214 E. Glenwood Avenue is a beautiful Craftsman-style home built in 1924 that was threatened by demolition due to the SmartFix 40 Project.

Knox Heritage worked with its owner Miss Iva Vance and TDOT to give the house a second chance. Knox Heritage purchased the vacant lot next door and, in May, moved the house to its new location adjacent to the Fourth and Gill and Old North Knoxville neighborhoods. It is now part of the Fourth and Gill Historic District.

This beautifully restored home features three levels of living space with original historic details complemented by new electrical/plumbing/HVAC systems, foundation, and roof on a double lot with views of the downtown skyline and the mountains. The project was completed 214 E. Glenwood Avenue in partnership with the Community Investment Fund at the East Tennessee Foundation.

It currently offers two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms, but the new ground-level space offers potential for two more bedrooms and one full bathroom, a master suite, a large offi ce, or a studio space. The home is only moments away from all the excitement of .

The home lists for $179,900 and includes many desireable features: • New foundation • Working fi replace with new fi re box and chimney How To Contact Knox Heritage • Hardwood fl oors • Original trim and historic details Mailing Address: Physical Address: • New roof and guttering P.O.Box 1242 The Carriage House • New storm windows Knoxville, TN 37901 at WATE TV6 • New dual-system heating and cooling 1300 N. Broadway • New electrical system and light fi xtures Knoxville, TN 37917 • New plumbing and fi xtures • Meets all current building codes Fax: Offi ce Phone: • Freshly painted (865) 523-0938 (865) 523-8008 • Professionally designed landscaping on extra large lot with mature trees • New ground-level space for many potential uses Website: • Home warranty http://www.knoxheritage.org

This home is ready to welcome a new generation of owners! General E-mail: If you are interested in the house, or know someone who is, [email protected] please contact Kim Trent at Knox Heritage for a tour.

Looking for historic fixtures for your historic house? Knox Heritage has a wide variety of salvage available for sale, including doors, mantles, windows, and much more. Contact Dave Whaley at (865) 278-3855 to schedule your appointment to look at our current inventory. (Sorry, but you will not be able to look through our salvage stock without fi rst scheduling an appointment.) Part of the proceeds from all sales go to support Knox Heritage programs.

3 New Homes Help Restore Historic Neighborhood

Smee + Busby Architect and Development Company have a vision: The houses on Deaderick will run from $251,900 (for 2,093 sq ft, give a homebuyer the opportunity to enjoy Knoxvilleʼs great historic 4 bedrooms, 2½ baths) to $271,900 (2,251 sq.ft 4 bedrooms, neighborhoods in a spanking new house. 3 baths). The home at 1416 Hannah is a smaller cottage selling for $219,9000 at 1818 square feet With the help of the Homemakerʼs Program, (3 bedrooms and 2½ baths). the City and KCDC, Smee + Busby identifi ed locations in Mechanicsville and began “We are pushing the prices a bit,” designing the homes. “We took the elements admits Marlino. “But the neighborhood of the neighborhood, the scale of the other has come a long way, and we feel houses and the street, and designed homes encouraged by the growth of other that are going to complement what already historic neighborhoods, like Fourth and existed,” said Robert Marlino, project Gill and Old North, that Mechanicsville manager of the Mechanicsville Infi ll Houses. is ready to go to the next level. We “There are lots of details on these new 237 Deaderick Street feel confi dent that we will appeal to a houses, wood siding and metal roofs. The couple or a family who loves historic quality is new, with the charm and character neighborhoods of the older homes.” but enjoys a new 229 Deaderick Street house.” Smee + Busby have While Knox three houses Heritage is about currently under preserving historic construction. structures, the One home at organization 237 Deaderick 1416 Hannah Street couldnʼt be Street will be happier with the ready for sale kind of quality by early spring, infi ll that Smee + Busby are creating. “It adds value to our historic and two more at 229 Deaderick Street and 1416 Hannah Street will be neighborhoods, attracts buyers who donʼt want the headaches of ready a month later. renovating, but still preserves and respects the historic nature of our inner city,” said Kim Trent of Knox Heritage.

More Homes To Come Soon

Once these houses sell, Smee + Busby will begin work on another infi ll house at 1637 Dunbar Street and one at 1315 West Fifth Avenue. The fi rm has also purchased fi ve lots in Mechanicsville Commons. They will be using KCDC designs for those, with some alterations.

1637 Dunbar Street 1315 West Fifth Avenue

4 Preservation Briefs

Knox County’s Contribution to the Tim Ezzell, director of UTʼs Community Partnership Center, will oversee Historic American Buildings Survey the project. “Most people donʼt realize the historical signifi cance of UTʼs campus,” said Ezzell, who holds graduate degrees in both history and In the Historic Sites Act of 1935, the U.S. Congress authorized the planning. “This site has seen a Native American settlement, a Civil War Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) to document historic battle, Civil Rights protests, a Worldʼs Fair and other important events. In structures and create an archive of Americaʼs architectural heritage many ways, it is one of the more signifi cant campus sites in the nation.” that will be available to the public. HABS completes measured drawings, UT was the fi rst non-sectarian institution of higher learning in the written histories, and large-format photographs. With the advent of United States and is the nationʼs 28th-oldest college. Founded in 1794, internet access, the records HABS has compiled can be found online at the university has been at its current site since 1826. The campus now http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/habs. The 14 Knox County sites that have consists of 220 structures on 550 acres adjacent to downtown Knoxville. been recorded are listed below, and include sites that are some of the Approximately 38 percent of these structures are more than 50 years old. oldest in Knox Countyʼs history. Sadly, only six of those surveyed buildings have survived. Identifying and preserving the campusʼ historic structures is a goal of the project. “As the university continues to grow and evolve, we need to The buildings recorded by HABS do not include all of the architecturally or make sure we maintain the architectural and historical character of the historically signifi cant buildings in Knox County. But if youʼd like to see institution,” Ezzell said. “These buildings and this campus tie together what Chisholm Tavern or the Ziegler House looked like, visit the HABS site. generations of students, faculty and alumni. As the University moves into It offers a fascinating look at architectural history in Knox County. the future, we need to maintain these bonds and traditions so the campus remains a special place — a community for learning and inquiry.” Recorded Knox County HABS Buildings: Members of the UT community will play an important role in the planning Tennessee School for the Deaf, Summit Hill Drive & Broadway process. Students, faculty, staff and alumni will have opportunities to Park Place, 5201 North Broadway * participate in the project and contribute to the fi nal preservation plan. The Lawson McGhee Library, 217 Market Street * two-year process also will be aided by a steering committee of campus Asylum Avenue Viaduct (Western Avenue Viaduct) * and community stakeholders. The Center for Historic Preservation (CHP) at Middle Tennessee State University will provide technical assistance for the Isaac B. Ziegler House, 712 North Fourth Avenue * project. “CHP is excited about collaborating with UT to preserve the history Chisholm Tavern, Front at Gay Street * and architecture of the stateʼs fl agship public university,” said Carrol Van Dr. George Jackson House, Hill Avenue & State Street West, CHP director and a UT alumnus. Commerce Avenue Fire Hall, 201–205 Commerce * Campbell House, Cumberland Avenue at Central Street * Susan Tate, a UT alumna who is an architecture professor at the University Mansion, State Street & Hill Avenue of Florida, received a Getty grant for her campus in 2003 and will share Ramsey House, Thorngrove Pike her experiences with UT project members. Tate also will host a site visit St. Johnʼs Episcopal Church, 413 West Cumberland Avenue by UT representatives to show the results of preservation planning on the Florida campus. Belcaro, 2000 Belcaro Drive * Jackson Avenue Warehouse District, 101–131 & 120–122 Jackson Avenue The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic * Destroyed institution devoted to the visual arts that features the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute. Since 2002, the Getty Trust has funded preservation Wins Getty Grant planning projects at 71 colleges and universities across the country, as well to Fund Campus Preservation Plan as surveys of hundreds of small liberal arts colleges.

The University of Tennessee has received a $150,000 Campus Heritage Other institutions receiving Campus Heritage Grants in 2006 include Grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust to promote historic preservation. The Emerson College, New York University, Tuskegee University, Louisiana State grant will fund an inventory and assessment of historic buildings and sites University, the University of Cincinnati, and the US Naval Academy. on campus and the creation of a campus preservation plan.

5 Preservation Awards, continued...

5. Kent Kendrick for 1701 Jefferson Avenue 10. Sean & Jennifer Bolen for 15. Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery, & 1027 Eleanor 115 E. Scott Avenue Temple Beth El

6. Tim Doyle for 1025 Eleanor 11. Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Kendrick for City of Knoxville Mayorʼs Award: 4629 Holston Drive John Leith-Tetrault, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Knox County Mayorʼs Award: Nicholas Gibbs Family Home

7. Jeffrey Nash & Sanders Pace Architects for Sandstone Court, 414 Clinch Avenue 12. John Wampler & High Oaks Construction for 700 N. Broadway

Outstanding Media Coverage: Knoxville News Sentinel Bruce Hartmann, publisher

Presidentʼs Citation for Preservation Leadership: David Dewhirst • Nancy Bills • Tim Ezzell 8. Tom Douthat for 2903 E. Fifth Avenue 13. Ossoli Circle Building, 2511

Lifetime Achievement Award: Chester Kilgore

9. Sam Compton & Laura Lee Thompson for 14. Central United Methodist Church, Greystone Award: 2107 Highland Avenue 201 Third Avenue Shailesh Patel

6 Restore America, continued... Restore America Restore America 2007 Schedule of Events Preservation Partners

February, April, June, May–August 2007 Lead Sponsors & August 2007 Designer Rooms Preservation Network On Site HGTV May 6, 2007 Schaad Companies March 29, 2007 Preservation Month Open House Major Donor Sneak Peek Party Haslam Family & Hard Hat Tour June 2007 Modern Supply Progressive Summer Supper April 19, 2007 Tour of George Barber Homes Knoxville News Sentinel Groundbreaking for WBIR Community Gardening with August–October 2007 the National Trust for Historic Ribbon Cuttings & Preservation & HGTV House Warming Parties Parlor Sponsors for New Owners Pilot Corporation April 28, 2007 Community Gardening Day September 15, 2007 Beaver Creek Nursery & Celebration George Barber Trolley Tours Front Steps Sponsors October 2007 Parkridge Historic Home Tour RossFowler PC

For more information, please call Thanks to our sponsors (865) 523-8008 for helping Knox Heritage or visit www.knoxheritage.org. Restore America!

About Restore America

Since 2003, HGTVʼs Restore America program has provided $4 million to In addition to providing funds to support the community projects, fund 48 restoration projects around the country. HGTV has donated HGTV is producing public service announcements for each site that are $1 million for the 2006-2007 campaign to fund community being featured on HGTV and HGTV.com. This will allow news about revitalization grants. More than 100 grant applications were received these projects and the message of preservation to reach more than from nonprofi t organizations and public agencies across the country. 91 million U.S. households. The Knox Heritage project will also be Knox Heritageʼs “George Barber Houses: A Place for America to Call featured on HGTV radio programming and the National Trust for Historic Home” project was one of only 12 selected for the program this year. Preservationʼs website.

The projects chosen range from single-family homes adapted from a “Weʼre proud to join the National Trust for Historic Preservation as row of dilapidated structures built at the turn of the 20th century in we continue to contribute in a more tangible way to the preservation Cleveland, Ohio, to the rebuilding of homes in the Holy Cross District of of Americaʼs past,” said Judy Girard, president of HGTV. “By using New Orleansʼ Lower Ninth Ward that collapsed during Hurricane Katrina. the broad reach of our television network and website, HGTV and the The recipients have been awarded grants ranging from $50,000 to National Trust have helped to raise the awareness level of preservation $100,000 for the community revitalization projects. You can view all of activities across the country.” the projects at www.HGTV.com/restoreamerica. 7 KH Featured at National Preservation Conference

What is a “revolving fund”? Nobodyʼs quite sure—and thatʼs a big reused for similar activities.” However, this defi nition lacks the breadth part of the problem—but it seems everybody wants to know. At to hold up to todayʼs nonprofi t preservation work. In an article for The the National Preservation Conference last October, Knox Heritage, National Trustʼs forum news, Myrick Howard says, “The term ʻrevolving including Finbarr Saunders, Kim Trent, Hollie Cook, Dorothy Stair, fundʼ tells the public little about what weʼre seeking to achieve,” and and Ann Bennett set out for a discussion on the topic in Pittsburgh. he suggests that a warmer name, like “land trust” or “endangered Kim shared KHʼs success with the J. Allen Smith Endangered properties fund,” will “touch the heart and the mind”. When compared Properties Fund in a panel format open to The National Trustʼs to land trusts, which have experienced explosive growth nationally, statewide and local partner organizations. The panel was called revolving funds have not been as readily embraced by nonprofi t “Managing Revolving Funds” and it was moderated by Myric preservation organizations, despite the fact that they use many of Howard. Panelists included Clark Schoettle with the Providence the same tools and concepts—and have been very successful for some Preservation Society Revolving Fund, Elizabeth Bradley with Utah organizations, including KH. Heritage Foundation, John Chaney with Historic Seattle, and Frank White with the Georgia Trust. It was part of a series called “Saving Like Mr. Howard, Knox Heritage prefers the term “endangered Places,” one of fi ve educational sessions. properties fund” and we have made a name for ourselves with the J. Allen Smith Endangered Properties Fund. This fund currently holds Kim was also invited to be a panelist with “Saving Historic $350,000 in assets, including the home currently listed for sale at Properties: Acquisition Revolving Funds,” part of a day-long series 214 E. Glenwood Avenue (see “Knox Heritage Properties” on page 3). of workshops sponsored by the 1772 Foundation. Other workshops The fund was created when its namesake, the J. Allen Smith House, was included Revolving Loan Funds and two sessions on case studies. unfortunately demolished by the board of the Country Club. Some of the industryʼs top names spoke in the sessions, including Arthur Ziegler of Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Myric The J. Allen Smith Endangered Properties Fund works in conjunction Howard and Dean Ruedrich from Preservation , and with the Vintage Homes program. Together, they enable us to acquire, Mark McDonald from Historic Savannah Foundation. renovate, and resell historic properties. KHʼs Vintage Homes program is funded through a $350,000 line of credit from the National Trust “Revolving funds” is a cold and often confusing term that basically for Historic Preservation and a $100,000 line of credit from the means “a pool of capital created and reserved for preservation, Community Investment Fund at the East Tennessee Foundation. To with the condition that the money will be returned to the fund to be make a contribution, visit www.knoxheritage.org or call 523-8008. Realtors — Want to Learn More about Knoxvilleʼs Historic Homes?

A few years ago, KH approached the Knoxville Area Board of Our next course, Historic Homes Specialist, is more in-depth for those Realtors to suggest we provide a course on the value of old homes realtors who wish to specialize in selling historic properties. Our fi rst to their professional members for continuing education credit. With hosting of this class will be on February 27th. The fee is just $50 and their enthusiastic nod, the KH Education Committee put together a registration is open to all realtors. It will be held at KHʼs offi ce and curriculum and started our classes in 2006—to rave reviews! includes a trolley tour of some of our historic neighborhoods.

This general course has been offered twice—in the summer and fall Everyone who attends the class will be certifi ed as a Historic Homes of 2006—at the Knoxville Area Board of Realtors offi ces. All realtors Specialist and will be able to proudly display a special logo on their were invited to earn continuing education credit and gain greater marketing materials. If you know anyone who may be interested, knowledge of historic neighborhoods and Knoxvilleʼs history. please have them call Knox Heritage at 523-8008.

With as much fun as we can pack into a class on H-1 and the unique Historic Homes Specialist Class aspects to living in an older home, KH is enlightening a crucial group February 27th • 10:00 am–3:00 pm to think about historic properties in a whole new way. 8 Knox Heritage Membership Benefi ts

Standard Membership Benefits (all levels) Patron Members ($100 or more) • Knox Heritage Quarterly newsletters Receive standard member benefi ts plus an invitation to attend the annual Patronsʼ Reception in • Membership in our online discussion group the spring, to be held at the lovely home of University of Tennessee president Dr. John Petersen where you can discuss preservation issues and his wife Carol. and benefi t from referrals to restoration craftspeople (to join, send an e-mail to Sustainer Members ($250 or more) Receive standard member benefi ts plus an invitation to attend the annual Patronʼs Reception and [email protected]) a behind-the-scenes tour, plus a copy of the book Tradition, Innovation and Romantic Images by • Invitation to the Annual Meeting & Preservation William Ross McNabb. Awards and all Preservation Month events • Discount on the purchase of salvage donated Benefactor Members ($500 or more) from structures that could not be saved Receive standard and Patron benefi ts, plus free admission for two to any of our ticketed • Invitation to hear noted historic preservation Preservation Month events and two gift memberships at the Supporter level to share with friends speakers and family. • Discounts at participating Preservation Partners businesses (see below for current list) 1791 Heritage Society Members ($1000 or more) • Notice of upcoming Preservation Network Receive all of the benefi ts listed above, plus an invitation to attend the Annual 1791 Heritage meetings and access to a library of information Society Dinner in the fall; an invitation to a special luncheon for 1791 Heritage Society members collected from these workshops in the spring; free admission for two to all Knox Heritage events (excluding Summer Suppers); • Access to our professional staff for assistance four gift memberships at the Supporter level to share; and your name will be listed in each issue and information of the Knox Heritage Quarterly newsletter.

If you are not already a member, please fi ll out the membership form located on the back of this newsletter or visit www.knoxheritage.org and click on the Membership button for a secure online donation page.

Knox Heritage members receive discounts at the following area businesses. Knox Heritage Preservation Partners Show current member ID to receive discount; one discount per customer. Visit Knox Heritage at www.knoxheritage.org/corp.html for current list.

Who Where What Bliss Home 29 Market Square, 865.329.8868, 10% discount on $100 or more www.shopinbliss.com Crescent Bend House & Gardens 2728 Kingston Pike, 865.637.3163 $2 off regular admission price Environmental Pest Control 865.525.8900 15% discount for pest control services & 20% discount for termite & moisture control services & free inspections Graning Paint 311 N. Broadway, 865.546.4881 5% discount High Oaks Construction 865.637.2342, www.highoaksconstruction.com one-half percent discount off total amount May Studios 770 Caney Creek Road, Pigeon Forge, 865.436.3441 free inspection & evaluation of historic architectural stained or leaded glass for possible restoration or repair McClung Museum 1027 Circle Park on the UT Campus, 865.974.2144, 10% discount in gift shop http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu Russellʼs Pest Control 865.588.5527 25% discount for termite control and/or $60 per quarter for perimeter pest control services Smoky Mountain Glassmasterʼs Group 404 11th Street, 865.633.5122 20% discount & 25% off $2,000 custom work The Wort Hotel 50 N. Glenwood Ave., Jackson Hole, WY, 10% discount on lodging year-round 800.322.2727, www.worthotel.com (not applicable with any other package/special offer) The Victorian Wood Molding Co. 116 N. Kingston Ave., Rockwood, 865.354.8118 10% discount Glass 5209 Kingston Pike, 865.588.0486, 10% discount www.westknoxvilleglass.com

9 2007 Knox Heritage Summer Suppers

First of all, many thanks to our 2006 volunteers, the Knox Heritage Board of Directors, and our wonderful hosts. Our Summer Suppers fundraiser was very successful last year, raising $48,497.19 in gross tickets sales and sponsorships. Great job!

Now letʼs see what weʼll be doing in 2007.

The greatest challenge in planning SUMMER SUPPERS 2007 is attempting to equal the “feasts” and fabulous locations of prior years! In just three years, this most popular fundraising event has become a Knoxville tradition and an important part of our community heritage. The varied locations showcase our Knox County roots and introduce us to the variety of neighborhoods, architecture, cuisines, and more that have made us what we are today.

This yearʼs premier event will celebrate the great HGTV Restore America project underway in the Parkridge neighborhood. Tours of the two Thanks to Our George Barber homes under reconstruction and a fabulous supper, of Preservation Partners course, will highlight this once-again vibrant Knoxville neighborhood. Restore America New this year is the possibility of a family-oriented road rally HGTV centered around our Civil War historical sites and a supper planned to Schaad Companies satisfy the appetites of “kids of all ages”. Haslam Family Modern Supply Knoxville News Sentinel Other confi rmed locations include a mid-century modern residence WBIR in Lakemoor Hills, an event in the Emory Place/Old Gray Cemetery Pilot Corporation neighborhood, and an ever-popular Downtown Secret Supper. Beaver Creek Nursery RossFowler PC In the works are events celebrating architecture in the West Hills, Fountain City, and Sequoyah Hills areas—twelve suppers in all for your Landmark summer entertainment. Design Innovations Architects, Inc. High Oaks Construction Members of the 1791 Society will receive the Summer Supper 2007 HGTV invitation booklet by hand delivery prior to the other KH members who receive theirs via the mail; the general public mailing and press Keystone coverage will follow. Reservations are held with payment only—fi rst Ayres & Parkey come, fi rst served. Elizabeth Eason Architecture George Creek Construction Co. If you would like to be a part of the host committee for a party, please The Wort Hotel call our Summer Suppers 2007 chairpersons: Barbara Apking at 588-3666 or Ellen Bebb at 584-7749. As this is the major fundraising Pillar project for KH, hosts share in the preparation, planning, and resources Brewer Ingram Fuller Architects for the events—and they have the most fun of all, we hasten to add! Merit Construction

10 A Special Thanks To Our New & Renewing Members

1791 Heritage Society Peg Hambright & Scott Carpenter Mitch & Julie Rutman Jeffrey & Evelyn Johnson Ruth T. Ellis, Esq. Barbara & Steve Apking Kelli Carr Jewel L. Tabor & David H. Scanlon III Anne Ralston & Leland Johnson Mr. William Fleury Mr. & Mrs. Steve W. Bailey Robert & Karen Carroll Scott & Lisa Schimmel Ms. Jamie Elliot Keith Mrs. Barbara Franks J. Finbarr Saunders Jr. Michael K. & Melissa B. Carroll Chris Jerger & Alice Schoo-Jerger Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kelley Coy Freeman & Ellen Bebb Townsend & Connie Collins Dr. & Mrs. Nick Showalter Carol Kerr Dr. Henry A. Fribourg Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Bernstein Rogers & Nancy Doughty David & Terry Shupp Lansing King Melvyn Halbert Mary Helen & Sam Bower Ron H. Duncan Harvey Smith Mrs. Margaret Klein Gordon Hendrich Dr. & Mrs. Jefferson Chapman Connie & David Eldridge R. Larry & Sharon Smith Beverly & John Kramer Jan Henley Dan & Pamela Chips Harold Elkins Frank & Pat Sparkman Jenny Macfi e Harriet Hodge Linda & Pete Claussen Beth Evans Walters Jeanette Kelleher & Gregory Stein Brooke A. Macy Mary Lou Homer John & Jane Conley Jim & Karen Everett Mr. Charles P. Hassenboehler Rena McAlister Michele Hummel Wes Goddard & Randall De Ford Dr. & Mrs. R. Kent Farris & Dr. Lynne Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Doug McCarty Rock T. Hurst David Dewhirst Edgar & Lynn Faust Mr. & Mrs. Joe Sullivan Roy & Kate McCullough Chester G. Kilgore Jim & Melinda Ethier Elizabeth C. Felton Pamela Reeves & Charles Swanson Carole & Eden McDonald Aaron Kohring L. Duane & Marsha Grieve Bernard Neenan & Theresa Flaim Connie Taylor Miss Billie S. McKinney Dennis C. Laney Jimmy & Dee Haslam Paul Fortunato Mr. & Mrs. H.B. Trimble Lynne Miller Jack E. Lewis Dan & Mary Holbrook Barbara Moore & Charles Frye John & Connie Wallace David Anderson & Jenalee Muse Mrs. Abby & Chris Loeffl er Mr. & Mrs. Raja Jubran Dr. & Mrs. R.C. Gonzalez David Watson David & Glenda Newton David Madden Mr. & Mrs. Jim Martin Rachel Craig & James Hagerman John J. Werner II Patrick & Barbara OʼBrien Julie & Ray Massey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. McAdams Pat & Henry Hardcastle Donna & Terry Wertz Mr John T. OʼConnor Jeffrey & Pat McGinnis Sheena McCall Eddie Howard Mary H. Whaley Kim Stephens & Ed Owens Patrick Michael Lindsay & Jim McDonough Lorie Huff Andrea A. White Kenton & Martha Page Thea Miller Mr. & Mrs. Douglas McKamey Dan & Nancy Hugh Susan R. Williams Mike & Sandy Patterson Albert N. Minor Mr. & Mrs. William Ross McNabb John Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. George Ed Wilson III Bonnie & Sam Peters Mrs. Charlotte Lee Moellendick Mr. & Mrs. Cran Montgomery James & Bennie Jean Stuart Worden Beth Needham & James Pierce Mrs. Jack L. Montgomery Ernest & Lucile Nelson Victor Jernigan Mark & Robin Porter Stacy Morris Keith Richardson Ellie & Bob Kassem Supporter Maxwell Ramsey Mrs. Margaret Newton Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Samples Mr. & Mrs. Dale Keasling Les Alley William Regas Kay Newton Mary & Joe Spengler Mr. & Mrs. Russell Kuhlman Mary & Jerry Alton Lauren & Steven Rider Otis Peterson Caesar & Dorothy Stair Chuck & Linda Lee Mr. & Mrs. Jim Andrews Kim Davis & Fred Sahms Lee Petry Mr. & Mrs. John T. Turley Janis Lightfoot Raleigh Bacon Elizabeth Johnston Schmitt Iris L. Philleo Dr. & Mrs. James W. Wall Dr. & Mrs. Bob Madigan Howard & Beth Bales John & Kathleen Shilling Linda Phillips Judith & Richard Mallory Steven & Debbie Barnes Dr. & Mrs. William Stallworth Robert Pickle Benefactor Meredith & John Mann Mr. & Mrs. Tom Bell Nancy & John Stewart John & Nancy Ray Jane Bailey Steve Walker & Rosa Mar James & Anna Bellamy Tom & Dana Traylor Mary Rogers Mr. & Mrs. H.E. 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