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Preservation Network: Learn How Historic Homes Met Modern Amenities in HGTV's Restore America Houses KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—On Saturday, February 10, at 10:00 a.m. Knox Heritage’s Preservation Network will focus on the architectural design process for HGTVs Restore America houses in the Parkridge neighborhood. Participants will learn how to incorporate today’s desire for storage space, as well as modern kitchens and bathrooms, into homes built at the turn of the last century. The Preservation Network is held at the Time Warp Tea Room – 1209 N. Central Avenue in Old North Knoxville. The workshop is free and open to anyone interested in historic restoration and preservation. Randall De Ford with C. Randall De Ford Architecture and Perry Childress with the East Tennessee Community Design Center will share the process Knox Heritage went through to come up with the final floor plans for the two George Barber-designed houses. They will review the original George Barber plans and reveal the new floor plans that will be the basis for the restoration of the houses. In partnership with HGTV’s Restore America and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Knox Heritage has purchased and will completely restore the two homes in the Parkridge Neighborhood. They stand vacant and blighted now, but the region and the country will witness a breathtaking transformation that will return them to their former beauty while highlighting the work of Knoxville’s most famous Victorian-era architect and encouraging the preservation of this special neighborhood. Knox Heritage is proud to work with these Restore America Partners to make this project a reality: HGTV Knox Heritage’s “George Barber Houses – A Place for America to Call Home” project was one of only 12 selected for the Restore America program this year. The projects chosen range from single-family homes adapted from a row of dilapidated structures built at the turn of the 20th century in Cleveland, Ohio, to the rebuilding of homes in the Holy Cross District of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward that collapsed during Hurricane Katrina. The recipients have been awarded grants ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 for the community revitalization projects. You can view all of the projects at www.hgtv.com/restoreamerica. Knox Heritage’s Preservation Network is held on the second Saturday of every month at 10:00 a.m. at the Time Warp Tea Room (1209 N. Central) in Historic Old North Knoxville. The event is always free and open to the public.
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