The 3 projects which sought to modernize Downtown Knoxville
Downtown Knoxville has always been an important part of East Tennessee. But Downtown Knoxville wasn’t always on the cutting edge of modern design. So, in 1957, a group of local business owners created the Downtown Knoxville Alliance (DKA), an advocacy group whose goal was to “promote the downtown district as
Davis House by Bruce McCarty
Structure: Charles Davis HouseLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Bruce McCartyDate: 1960Tidbit: Charles B. Davis was a co-founder of a Knoxville advertising firm called Lavidge & Davis. There's also a potential that he worked at the ad agency Davis Newman Payne. Newspaper portrait of Charles B. Davis At some point, he contracted architect Bruce
Hamilton National Bank by Robert B. Church III
Structure: Hamilton National Bank, Bearden BranchLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Robert B. Church IIIDate: 1974Story: Banking, as we know it, has been around for centuries. In the early days of what we might call "modern banking" (think the 1800s), banks wanted to project stability and safety. Their architecture reflected that goal (see,