SOUTH CITY SECTOR PLAN: The Sector Inventory

 

HISTORIC RESOURCES

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Historic Districts:

  • Island Home Park Neighborhood (c. 1925) – a collection of early twentieth century houses that reflect the City Beautiful movement
  • Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood (c. 1925-1940) – a neighborhood with early twentieth century architecture
  • Tennessee School for the Deaf (c. 1850, 1925) – portrays institutional architecture

Properties eligible for national or local register listing:

  • Candora Marble Yards & Showroom (1923) 675 Maryville Pike - displays the extensive use of marble as a design element
  • McMurray Building (c.1900) 700 Sevier Avenue – remnant of the South Knoxville Commercial Center
  • 802 Sevier Avenue (c. 1900) – remnant of the South Knoxville Commercial Center
  • Cruze House (c. 1880), 3908 Cruze Road - a two-story frame house with distinctive East Tennessee vernacular architectural design
  • Graf-Cullum House, 325 Woodlawn Pike - designed with Prairie-style architecture.
  • Willie Blount’s Log Home 3029 Davenport Road

Other places that have significant resources:

  • 224 Chamberlain Boulevard (c.1947) - Built by the Lustron Corporation after World War II, this steel frame house used porcelain coated panels as construction materials.
  • 3510 Glenhurst Road (c.1947) - same construction as the house at 224 Chamberlain Boulevard
  • Gay Street Bridge (c. 1898)
  • Henley Street Bridge (c. 1933)

Historic Resources

  • Three districts and 135 properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Another six properties are eligible for national or local register listing.
  • Notable Civil War sites in this sector include Fort Dickerson (Park) and Fort Stanley.
  • Most of the neighborhoods in the northern half of the sector were built before 1940.

Steel Frame Home

Steel frame house with porcelain coated panels
made by the Lustron Corporation in 1947.




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