Fairhill by Cliff May
Structure: Stewart Henslee House (called "Fairhill")Location: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Cliff MayDate: 1949Story: In the early 1940s, a Knoxville, Tennessee furniture salesman (Stewart Henslee) joined up with the Navy. He was stationed at Naval Base Coronado (NBC), a base that sits on the island of Coronado, California (an island just off the coast of San Diego,
Fountain City Kingdom Hall by Ralph Donaldson
Structure: Fountain City Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's WitnessesLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: Ralph DonaldsonDate: March, 1960Tidbit: This is one ambitious congregation! Not only did they design + build the church themselves, they put a hyperparaboloid roof on it. Knoxville News-Sentinel clipping
2 mid-century houses by Bill Kleinsasser
Editor's note: This post only features very tiny photos, and for that I apologize. Just imagine they were taken with a little flip phone, that’ll give them a nostalgic quality. Long ago, weather was forecasted out of weather stations. These weather stations were run by the federal government. The U.S. had
Glass House by (and for) Bill Shell
Structure: Glass House // Bill Shell ResidenceLocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: William "Bill" Starke ShellDate: 2002Story: Although we rarely venture this far outside of the mid-century era, this house deserves an honorable mention. Inspired by his time spent working with Mies van der Rohe in Chicago, University of Tennessee Professor Bill Shell bought a wooded parcel
Gentry House I and II by Dr. Robert Gentry (w/ James C. Freer + Barber & McMurry)
The only current photo of Gentry House I Structure: Robert Gentry Residence ILocation: Knoxville, TennesseeArchitect: James C. Freer, Dr. Robert Gentry (designer)Date: 1965 The Story: There are very few Renaissance men in this world. Dr. Robert H. Gentry Jr, however, was one of them. Born in Denton, Texas, Dr. Gentry spent his undergrad studying physics