Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
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Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
DRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey UpdateCIATES. PRESERVATION PLANNERS NASHVILLE. TENNESSEESEPTEMBER, 2016DRAFTTABLE OF CONTENTSSECTION I - INTRODUCTION & PROJECT LOCATION................2SECTION II - METHODOLOGY...................................6SECTION III - HISTORICAL OVERVIEW..........................8SECTION IV - ARCHITECTURAL OVERVI Knoxville Historic Resources Survey UpdateEW.......................37SECTION V - SUMMARY AND NATIONAL REGISTER RECOMMENDATIONS...........................................76BIBLIOGRAPHY.........Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
.....................................82APPENDIX A - LIST OF SURVEYED PROPERTIESAPPENDIX B - KNOXVILLE ARCHITECTS. 1936-1966APPENDIX c - KNOXVILLE SUBDDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updatesee Historical Commission (THC) is the state s historic preservation agency, and one of its important programs is the architectural and historical inventory of the state's cultural resources. This inventory is a significant part of historic preservation and community planning since it provides basic Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update data on the location, condition and architectural character of buildings and structures. Knox County was originally surveyed during the early 1980s aKnoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
nd the survey report ~A Future for Our Past’, was published by the ? in 1984? Since that time numerous properties have been listed in the National RegDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updated the Knoxville-Knox County Metro Planning Commission a federal historic preservation grant to fund a survey of 20th century buildings in the city limits of Knoxville. The inventory was conducted between April and August of 2016. This survey was completed by Thomason and Associates of Nashville, Ten Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updatenessee (Contractor). The Commission provided extensive resources to the Contractor under the guidance of Kaye Graybeal. Historic Preservation Planner.Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
This survey focused on properties built between 1936 and 1966. The previous survey conducted in the 1980s concentrated on properties fifty years old oDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update assist the contractor with this survey the Knoxville Planning Commission s GIS Department provided property tax maps with each age category identified. This enabled the Contractor to readily identify those properties which were built from 1936 to 1966 and also revisit and evaluate National Register Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update-listed properties.The survey paid particular attention to the growth and development of Knoxville in the years following World War II. Knoxville expeKnoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
rienced a building boom in the 1920s with many early automobile suburbs planned and developed such as Sequoyah Hills. Holston Hills and Westmoreland HDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updatestablishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1933 helped to provide jobs in the Knoxville region and also brought to the area skilled architects trained in the Modernist movement of the period. Another boost to the city was the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1 Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update934. This brought many tourists through the city on their way to the park and led to the building of the Chapman Highway and associated commercial devKnoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
elopment. The coming of World War II led to the military's creation of the Manhattan Project and the “Secret City" of nearby Oak Ridge. The nuclear plDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updateor housing combined with federal assistance programs resulted in the platting and development of new suburbs along the city's major highways. South of the city along the Chapman Highway (US 441), the suburban developments of Colonial Village and Lake Forest transformed this rural area. West of the c Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updateity off US Highway 11 and 70, a number of residential developments were begun, most notably the large development called West Hills. Off state Route 6Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
2 on the north side of the city, the suburban areas of Cumberland Estates and Norwood provided housing for Knoxville residents and those who commuted DRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updatey limits. By the late 1950s suburban expansion was occurring in all areas of the city. The construction of Interstates 40 and 75 through Knox County led to additional rural areas being subdivided into residential lost as these new highways provided ready access to downtown.The development of the Kno Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updatexville's suburbs came at the expense of the older neighborhoods and commercial districts in the inner city. Many residents in the city's older areas sKnoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
uch as Fort Sanders and Fourth and Gill moved to the new Ranch and Split-Level houses on the edge of town. The large Victorian homes left behind oftenDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update Market Square also had downturns in business and various "revitalization" projects were undertaken such as the installation of concrete canopies and demolition of buildings for parking lots. Urban renewal projects also led to the removal of “blighted" areas and many African American neighborhoods a Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updatend commercial areas were replaced by new housing projects. Knoxville was not unique in these trends at the mid-20tn century with most cities in AmericKnoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
a experiencing a boom in suburban development at the expense of the inner city.By the mid-1960s. Knoxville had expanded in all directions. From 1940 tDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOC Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Update of the suburban developments of the midcentury. While most of the dwellings built in these decades reflected common architectural styles and forms, Knoxville was noted for its many Mid-Century Modern houses. Stimulated in part by the architects who worked for TVA, the employment of Modernist design Knoxville Historic Resources Survey Updates found favor in the city and attracted other architects and designers to the region. Identifying this architectural legacy is one of the more notableKnoxville Historic Resources Survey Update
outcomes of this survey along with descriptions of the overall growth and development of the city and its contexts in the mid-20'- century.3DRAFTDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOCDRAFTKNOXVILLE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATEKNOXVILLE, KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEEREPORT PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. TENNESSEETHOMASON AND ASSOCGọi ngay
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