Knox County School Success Stories Part 2

 

Knox County Schools used for housing

 

 

Park City Jr High

 

 

 

Park Place condominiums, originally Park City Junior High, built in 1927 and designed by local architectural firm Baumann and Baumann.

Brownlow Elementary Schools

 

 

 

 

The 1913 brick building built in Colonial Revival style in the Fourth and Gill neighborhood has been empty since the school closed in 1996 until until is was remodeled as Brownlow Lofts.

Flenniken Elementary School

 

 

 

 Flenniken Elementary School was built in 1919 and was closed in the 1990's.  This was a controversial project with a fair amount of criticism from local residents about having a housing project for the chronically homeless in their neighborhood.

 Flenniken Landing will provide low income housing.

 

Eastport Elementary School

 

Eastport remodeling project

 

 

 

 

Eastport School was built in 1932 and was remodeled in 2010.

When it is completed Residences Eastport will provide homes for low and moderate senior citizens.

Knox School Success Stories Part 1

Knox County Schools used as Offices

Tyson

Tyson Junior High School and then later Tyson Middle School was open from 1935 until 1986 and was named in honor of Lawrence Tyson.

Perkins

Beautiful Cupola on Perkins School

Perkins Elementary School opened in 1927 and closed in 1982. Pershing & Yoakley remodeled the school to use as their office.

 

Smithwood

This is the second Smithwood School which was open from about 1950 until 1980. It is currently being used by Fountainhead School of Technology