A high-Victorian picnic on the grounds of Bleak House, the Robert Armstrong residence on Kingston Pike, around 1885. At right, in white, is Armstrong’s daughter, Adelia. The talented young artist would be, upon her marriage to insurance executive J.E. Lutz, honored with her own house across the street, known as Westwood, and today the headquarters of Knox Heritage.
Image courtesy of Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Jack Neely is executive director of the Knoxville History Project. He has become one of Knoxville’s most popular writers and its unofficial historian. Jack is well known for his thoughtful, well-researched, and provocative pieces of long-form journalism, not to mention his books, speeches, and other public appearances...
516 West Vine Avenue, Suite 8
Knoxville, TN 37902
JACK NEELY
jack@knoxhistoryproject.org
(865) 337-7723
PAUL JAMES
Development Director
paul@knoxhistoryproject.org
(865) 300-4559
NICOLE STAHL
Administrative Coordinator
nicolestahl@knoxhistoryproject.org
(865) 360-8053
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