Neuhoff House
Structure: Henry Neuhoff HouseLocation: Nashville, TennesseeArchitect: UnknownDate: 1939Tidbit: We haven’t yet featured a house where the architect is unknown, but I suppose there’s a first time for everything. Out in Nashville, Tennessee sits this striking house. More International Style than traditional mid-century, the house was designed for Henry Neuhoff. Neuhoff
2 All-Gas Homes
In the mid-century era, there were a lot of partnerships between homebuilders wanting to sell houses and companies wanting to sell products. Often, a homebuilder would come up with a gimmick (kitchen cabinets that opened with the wave of a hand, a car that "talked" to you in the driveway,
2 Late Modern Houses by TVA architects
We’re stepping outside the mid-century modern period to detail two really unique houses designed by TVA architects. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta live on the edge, you know? Speaking of living on the edge… Structure: Marvin Johnston residenceLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Marvin JohnstonDate: 1985Tidbit: In the mid 1980s, there existed a small, triangular lot
Levi’s Manufacturing Facility by Howard Friedman
Structure: Levi Strauss & Company, Manufacturing and Administration FacilityLocation: Powell, TennesseeArchitect: Howard A. FriedmanDate: 1977Story: Levi’s was looking for architectural modernity. The famous clothier had made a name for itself designing jeans, now it wanted to take its design and build facilities which reflected the impact they were making in
Knoxville Baptist Tabernacle by Margaret Pinkston
Structure: Knoxville Baptist TabernacleLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Margaret PinkstonDate: 1967Tidbit: Margaret Pinkston was not your ordinary architect. For starters, she was maybe one of the smartest minds in Knoxville. She studied at the International Correspondence School in Scranton, PA, and graduated with four diplomas (one was in architecture, one was in
House by (and for) Walk C. Jones III
Structure: Walk C. Jones III ResidenceLocation: Memphis, TennesseeArchitect: Walk C. Jones IIIDate: 1969Tidbit: Can architectural ability be passed down from father to son? In the case of the Jones family, it appears that it can. Walk Claridge Jones Sr (born 1875) was a noted architect in Memphis who started his
Knickerbocker House by Edgar Shelton
Structure: Dr. Kenneth Knickerbocker HouseLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Edgar SheltonDate: 1955Tidbit: In 1946, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville hired an English professor named Dr. Kenneth Knickerbocker. Whilst Dr. Knickerbocker was traipsing about the campus (dressed in a tweed jacket and horn-rimmed spectacles, I’d imagine), Dr. Knickerbocker met an associate professor of
Medical Building by Mann & Harrover
Structure: Medical buildingLocation: Union City, TennesseeArchitect: Mann & HarroverDate: 1953Tidbit: Built for a group of eight doctors, this medical building was designed to give each of the doctors’ offices light and views. The waiting room (above) featured an exposed steel-frame cage with its “three roof bays framed with diamond-shaped steel
McCarty Cabin by Bruce McCarty
Structure: McCarty Cabin / E.H. McCarty Summer HomeLocation: Gatlinburg, TennesseeArchitect: Bruce McCartyDate: 1952Story: If you’ve ever searched Google for Knoxville mid-century modern architecture, chances are pretty high you’ve seen work designed by legendary Knoxville architect Bruce McCarty. Not even this blog is immune to Bruce’s charm…as evidenced by our recent
McCarty House I and II by Bruce McCarty
Much ink has been spilled about Knoxville architect Bruce McCarty. Bruce was born in Indiana, studied architecture at Princeton, and left school to serve as a P-38 pilot in World War II. After finishing up his undergrad at Princeton, he did a stint as a draftsman in the Knoxville office