Historic Knoxville

Historic Knoxville Mrs. Williams died Feb 26, 1998 at age 98 and left her 10,800 sq. ft. regency-style home on 24 acres to the University of Tennessee.

Built in 1940-41 by a native Knoxvillian and personal friend of Eugenia's, John Franz Staub. The three-story brick house has only three bedrooms. Also, a living room, dining room, gallery, library, two kitchens, two staircases, servants quarters, a dressing room with walls that are mirrors and three-car garage. The reason for two kitchens and staircases is because there is a main one and a servant

s/hidden one. In the main kitchen the refrigerator is industrial and looks more like a morgue cooler, and the stove/oven is also stainless steel industrial. The house has beautiful hardwood floors and built in bookshelves in the library. Also the shutters are all on hand cranks inside the house and the large windows, some floor to ceiling, have pull out screens that you can pull out of the walls so that the windows can be opened. The fireplace mantels are alabaster and radiators are hidden. There is a sensor in the driveway if someone was to get pass the gate, and the 3 garage doors are automatic with deadbolt type openers. Having been given a personal tour of the house, Eugenia spared no expense on her mansion. Now all we have to do is get UTK to wake up and put some effort into bringing this historic property back to life. Even the "carriage house" is unique with it's multicolored tile shingles. The will stipulates that the property, worth $6 million, can never be subdivided or sold.

01/11/2024

With the house now having its own official page, this page will no longer interact or promote the foundation or their progress.

01/10/2024

This page will now be for historic and notable Knoxville.

I thought this would get a few peoples attention. I came upon this by accident earlier. I've actually been there, talked...
09/25/2016

I thought this would get a few peoples attention. I came upon this by accident earlier. I've actually been there, talked to the caretaker, and spoke with the owner a few times. He has good reasons to not let anyone on his property and the main one is someone who use to be within the Knoxville/Knox Co government. My advice would be look from a distance, and you'd be more likely to get in the Williams Estate than on this property. Respect their privacy please.

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Knoxville, Tennessee lets us down once again.
09/04/2016

Knoxville, Tennessee lets us down once again.

This Labor Day weekend will be the first in nearly three decades without Knoxville's Boomsday.

Okay, maybe someone on here can help me. I don't know why I hadn't thought to ask this on here before now. I grew up bet...
04/11/2016

Okay, maybe someone on here can help me. I don't know why I hadn't thought to ask this on here before now. I grew up between the old and new Westmorelands. When I was younger and finally able to drive around wherever, I would do just that. With the love of history and architecture there were plenty of places to go exploring. I've alway been curious like that, I guess. One day I decided to check out a road I had passed hundreds of times without a thought about it. It was Currier Ln, off of Northshore Dr. in Rocky Hill. I did a little research on this years ago but never really dug into it. Mostly because there's such a lack of information on this property. It was, I believe, the Currier School building. I thought about it the other day and then just now thought to ask on here if anyone knows anything about it. It's on Currier Ln., and I have a name of an owner. I think it's odd though the info for the property has it listed as "The Wonder Home". It's a large multi-story wooden structure, that seems to be just hiding. Most people that have lived around the area have no idea it's even there. If anyone knows anything on this property please let me know. Thanks. Also I just happened find this picture online. Not sure who took it or when but it does show some of the structure.

I came across this and put it on my personal page but thought someone here might like it also. It made me laugh a little...
03/19/2016

I came across this and put it on my personal page but thought someone here might like it also. It made me laugh a little. I always have to remind myself, not everyone grows up with an "insane asylum" or mental hospital in the neighborhood just down the street.

Running The Asylum September 26, 2013April 29, 2014Crushing Iron The last two days I was in Knoxville for a great social media workshop and wanted to get in a run. I stayed at the same hotel I used for my early season Rev3 race, so I thought I might slide down to the river and run the course for ol…

Here are a few pictures of some of the historic & notable homes and structures that have been torn down in Knoxville, TN...
10/05/2015

Here are a few pictures of some of the historic & notable homes and structures that have been torn down in Knoxville, TN.

Eugenia F Williams Mansion (UTK House, Coca-Cola Heiress)Original Photos retouched without Watermark
09/27/2015

Eugenia F Williams Mansion (UTK House, Coca-Cola Heiress)
Original Photos retouched without Watermark

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