Preservation Network, August 14: Green House Update

Knox Heritage presents the next installment of the monthly series Preservation Network on Saturday, August 14, at 10:00 a.m.  Preservation Network is held at the Time Warp Tea Room, 1209 N. Central, in Historic Old North Knoxville.  It is free and open to the public. 

Preservation Network’s July session features Knox Heritage Executive Director Kim Trent with Elizabeth Eason, architect and KH board member, in a comprehensive review of the Green House, a LEED-certified restoration project in the historic Fort Sanders Neighborhood.  In the comfort of the Time Warp Tea Room in Downtown North, Ms. Trent and Ms. Eason will discuss the sustainable building techniques and materials being used at the house, an 1880s Victorian once re-purposed as “The Energy House” during the 1982 World’s Fair.  After the discussion, attendees are welcome to tour the house at 1011 Victorian Way, near 11^th Street and Laurel Avenue.

Preservation Network is a series of free workshops held once every month on the second Saturday.  Many people have dubbed this the “support group for owners of old homes,” and in many ways this is true.  In a relaxed round-table setting with coffee, smoothies, and other goodies, the workshops have presented guest speakers who are specialists in windows, flooring, roofing, stained glass, tile, plumbing, electrical, and more.  Other guest speakers have included those in real estate sales or appraisals, or city codes and zoning officials discussing historic overlays and building requirements.