1023 Eleanor St Knoxville, TN 37917

Listing details for 1023 Eleanor St, Knoxville, TN 37917 : This home is a princess Victorian, re-claimed by a loving owner, who has cherished it and enhanced it, without destroying it's unique architectural qualities. The home features an Italian cararra marble island, original woodwork and mantles, gleaming hardwood floors and a light-filled sun porch overlooking the professionally landscaped and manicured garden in back. The home is within walking distance to downtown and boasts a hip urban lifestyle in a culture-rich neighborhood! *Buyer to verify sq footage and all other information* Taken from http://www.fourthandgill.org/ "The Fourth and Gill Historic Overlay District features over 280 residential structures, including single family houses, duplexes, and apartment buildings. The district also contains one school and three churches. The houses are primarily of frame construction, with large porches and complex roof-lines. Most of the masonry veneer and load bearing construction occurred in the 20th Century. Although a number of different styles exist in the Fourth and Gill Historic Overlay District, the majority are Queen Anne and Craftsmen styles. Many of the houses were designed by some of Knoxville’s most notable architects, including George F. Barber and Joseph Bauman. Bauman designed several houses for his extended family, and Lovenia Street is named for one of his sisters. Several Queen Anne houses in the Fourth and Gill Historic Overlay District are attributed to Barber, who gained national fame through his mail-order designs. Other houses reflect the influence of the area’s Appalachian culture, as well as new design ideas from the post World War I era. Overall, the size, styles, and lot placement of the houses within the district reflect the diversity of the neighborhood. Historically the area was made up of a varied group of people. Professionals and laborers, families and transients, blacks and whites all lived in close proximity to one another. The neighborhood was home to merchants, mayors and a governor, Robert L. Taylor. Knoxville annexed the City of North Knoxville in 1897, around the time the automobile was invented. With the decline of the American economy, and Knoxville’s economy, in the late 1920′sd and 1930’s, many of the larger single family residences were converted to duplexes to supplement the income of the property’s owners. The real decline of the neighborhood began in force after World War II, when returning soldiers and their families sought new lifestyles in the brand new auto-oriented suburbs. More single family residences were converted into multiple units or small apartments, in part to meet the demands of the growing student body of the University of Tennessee. Within the last two decades the neighborhood has begun to reclaim much of its former glory. The district’s name reflects this effort, being derived from the location of a converted house that serves as the neighborhood center. Owners who could foresee the positive social value of cooperative inner city living have attractively restored many distressed properties to comfortable, modern standards. The Historic Fourth and Gill Neighborhood has a proud past and an equally illustrious future."