Join us at Historic Westwood for our November edition of the Lost & Found Luncheon – “The Paradox of the Victorian Christmas” with Jack Neely Executive Director of The Knoxville History Project.
Lunch is available on a first-come, first-served basis at 11:30 a.m. The talk will begin at noon. Please RSVP to Hollie Cook at hcook@knoxheritage.org. Free and open to the public.
Join us at Historic Westwood for another fun and educational, Lost & Found Luncheon! Cat Shteynberg, the curator of Fish Forks & Fine Furnishings: Consumer Culture in the Gilded Age, will speak alongside Kyle Schellinger of UT’s Theatre Department, on Knoxville during the Gilded Age. Free and open to the public.
Join us at Historic Westwood as guest speaker Jennifer Montgomery presents a fascinating look at history of Dixie Lee Highway.
The Lost & Found Lunch will be held at the office of Knox Heritage, Historic Westwood – 3425 Kingston Pike. Parking is free and is available in the Laurel Church of Christ parking lot next door – 3457 Kingston Pike. A free lunch buffet will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 12:00 p.m. Reservations for lunch are required. Call Hollie Cook at 865-523-8008 or email her at hcook@knoxheritage.org to make a reservation.
The Dixie Highway was a United States automobile highway, first planned in 1914 to connect the US Midwest with the Southern United States. It was part of the National Auto Trail system, and grew out of an earlier Miami to Montreal highway. The final result is better understood as a network of connected paved roads, rather than one single highway. It was constructed and expanded from 1915 to 1927.The Dixie Highway was inspired by the example of the slightly earlier Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States