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 for our November meeting of Preservation Network at Historic Westwood: Designing a New House in a Timeless Style.
Raise your awareness of important design elements, discover resources available to guide the process, and understand what historic preservation can teach us about design today.
Presenter: Todd Morgan, Director of Preservation Field Services for Knox Heritage.
Come with your little ghouls and goblins to Historic Westwood and pick up a treat! 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.
Historic Westwood presents the next installment of the monthly series Preservation Network on Saturday, July 8th at 10:00 a.m. It is free and open to the public. The July Preservation Network features Hollie Cook, Director of Education, discussing tips and tricks for energy efficiency in historic homes.
On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, Knox Heritage will hold its inaugural Power of Preservation Lunch at Historic Westwood. We are thrilled to share with you that Stephanie Meeks, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will be our special guest speaker. It promises to be an inspiring occasion as she shares stories of the transformative power of preservation in communities across the country from her new book, The Past and Future City: How Historic Preservation is Reviving America’s Communities.
This new event will celebrate the success of our work across the Knoxville region and tell the inspiring stories of preservation’s impact on the lives of everyone who calls this place home. From the renaissance taking place in downtown Knoxville and the surrounding historic neighborhoods to small towns across our region beginning to incorporate preservation into their plans for the future, Knox Heritage has been on the front lines of preserving our region’s rich past for a vibrant future. More than four decades of Knox Heritage’s hard work is paying off for our city and region and preservation has taken its place as a basic community value.
$100/table of ten. The lunch program will be from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Registration and entertainment begins at noon. We will provide you with an invitation template you can send via email or print and mail to invite your guests to the lunch.
June 1, 2017 marks the official 222th anniversary of Tennessee’s admission as the 16th state in the union. Enjoy free tours of Historic Westwood on May 21st in celebration of Tennessee’s birthday.
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
The April Preservation Network features Hollie Cook, Director of Education at Knox Heritage. Join us at Historic Westwood and learn the best techniques for a successful experience painting your historic house. Preservation Network is a series of free workshops held once every month on the second Saturday.