Hey! HEY! It’s time for another ThrowBack Thursday! You’d think I’d be out of material for these posts by now, but I just keep digging up more. For example, during February 2011, a dear friend moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee – and I went out to visit and help with the move. One of the first things I noticed was that this was a very big old house. One of the second things I noticed was that the house was part of a designated historic neighborhood, known as Fort Wood. Once we had the moving van emptied and everything placed in the appropriate rooms, I went on a walkabout to photograph the historic homes of the Fort Wood ‘hood.
According to Wikipedia, the actual fort known as Fort Wood was built by the Union Army in 1863 (the Union controlled much of eastern Tennessee throughout the Civil War). In the 1880’s, the land on which the fort stood was auctioned off. The area became quite upscale, with many noteworthy mansions being built here. While the impressive exteriors of most houses have been maintained, the interiors of many have been converted for use as apartments or offices. So here be some exteriors:
Many of the houses are named, I assume for the family that originally owned them. This is the Brown House.Cobble! Cobble! Cobble!Deppen HouseFerger HouseFort Wood Apartments (built 1904)Detail of Fort Wood ApartmentsGager HouseGager HouseHenderson HouseHill HouseHoskins HouseLyerly-Patten HouseA reminder of Fort Wood standing on the Lyerly-Patten House’s front lawnDetail of the Lyerly-Patten HouseDetail of the Lyerly-Patten HouseThe Lyerly-Patten House, used as office space by the University of Tennessee – ChattanoogaOlmsted HouseRead HouseI think this one looks more like a Carnegie Library than a house. Maybe that’s why it’s calleed the “Read” House.This house refused to tell me its name.No name was spotted on this one.I didn’t catch this one’s name, either.I failed to collect a name for this house.I failed to collect a name for this house, too.I failed to collect a name for this house, three.Another name-free houseAnother name-free houseThis house has a rather prominent perch, but no name (that I saw).The Schryver House looks minty fresh!Smartt HouseTaylor (Swift?) HouseAll in all, you’re just another one of these guys.The Warner House has been converted to office space.Warner House (built in 1891)Mayor Edmund Watkins House (built in 1889)Notice the sky blue paint on the ceilings of the porch. Years later, I learned this is supposed to prevent wasps from building nests there.Mayor Edmund Watkins HouseMayor Edmund Watkins House, used as a bed and/or breakfast
That’s it for this week, sports fans. Come on back next week for a place you’ve probably seen on TV, but had no idea what it was called or where it was located. May the Force be with you…always!
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