At our monthly event, we’ll welcome marble-industry authority Dr. Susan Knowles back to town. She’ll share much of what she has learned about the unusual stone used in major buildings in Washington, New York, and several other cities, including ours. For half a century or so, Tennessee’s unique stone earned Knoxville a national reputation as The Marble City. Susan organized the impressive marble exhibit at the Museum of East Tennessee History several years ago. Now retired, she was long associated with the Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation.
Free program. Food and drinks available for purchase.
Knoxville’s Grey Eagle Marble Quarry. (Alec Riedl Knoxville Postcard Collection/KHP.)
