Old North Knoxville is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located just north of the city's downtown area. Initially established as the town of North Knoxville in 1889, the area was a prominent suburb for Knoxville's upper middle and professional classes until the 1950s. After a period of decline, preservationists began restoring many of the neighborhood's houses in the 1980s. In 1992, over 400 houses and secondary structures in the neighborhood were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Old North Knoxville Historic District.
Lou Mar (505 East Scott Avenue), built in 1889
Circa-1907 "Granitoid," or "singing," pavement along Kenyon Street
The Neoclassical-style Dunn Mansion, built in 1905
House at 518 Glenwood, designed by Knoxville architect Charles Barber
George Franklin Barber was an American architect known for the house designs he marketed worldwide through mail-order catalogs. Barber was one of the most successful residential architects of the late Victorian period in the United States, and his plans were used for houses in all 50 U.S. states, and in nations as far away as Japan and the Philippines. Over four dozen Barber houses are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and several dozen more are listed as part of historic districts.
ca. 1910
The Charles E. Bradt House, one of Barber's first designs
The Charles and Anna Drain House (Drain Castle), built in Drain, Oregon between 1893 and 1895.
William H. Baker House (The Gables) in Winchester, Virginia, built in 1899