Looking for your dream home in Knoxville? Take a minute to peruse my articles below on the different Knoxville neighborhoods. I have included information on neighborhood history, homes for sale, real estate sales data, schools, shopping, restaurants and more. Ready to meet with me to plan how I can help you find your home in the community? Reach me HERE.
Thanks for stopping by, Shannon Foster-Boline
West Hills
The quaint nabe of West Hills was developed post WWII. It’s origins which stemmed from multiple parcels of farmland can still be seen today in the lush greenery that still abounds in the neighborhood. The houses in the area are primarily brick ranch style homes while several have significant architectural heritage. The first [...]
South Knoxville
In getting to know Knoxville one route is to explore the city in broad segments divided into North, East, South, West and Downtown. Knoxville is historically a diverse city with many different communities, interesting architecture, food and shopping. I think you will find each of these areas has something unique to offer! South Knoxville is rich with history including [...]
North Knoxville
In getting to know Knoxville one route is to explore the city in broad segments divided into North, East, South, West and Downtown. Knoxville is historically a diverse city with many different communities, interesting architecture, food and shopping. I think you will find each of these areas has something unique to offer! North Knoxville is has a large [...]
East Knoxville
In getting to know Knoxville one route is to explore the city in broad segments divided into North, East, South, West and Downtown. Knoxville is historically a diverse city with many different neighborhood communities, interesting architecture, food and shopping. I think you will find each of these areas has something unique to offer! East Knoxville contains a large [...]
Downtown Knoxville
In getting to know Knoxville one route is to explore the city in broad segments divided into North, East, South, West and Downtown. Knoxville is historically a diverse city with many different communities, interesting architecture, food and shopping. I think you will find each of these areas has something unique to offer! Once uopn a time (about 15 [...]
West Knoxville
In getting to know Knoxville one route is to explore the city in broad segments divided into North, East, South, West and Downtown. Knoxville is historically a diverse city with many different communities, interesting architecture, food and shopping. I think you will find each of these areas has something unique to offer! Technically speaking west Knoxville lies to [...]
Old North Knoxville
Like much of Knoxville, Old North, has a long an interesting history. Homes in this area were built as early as the late 1800′s and in 1992 over 400 houses and secondary structures in the neighborhood were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Old North Knoxville Historic District. Walking down the shaded sidewalks [...]
Old City
Although it is near downtown Knoxville, the Old City has a energy all its own. Once home to quite the rowdy crowd (no joke Billy the Kid once roamed these streets and hung out at Patrick Sullivan’s Saloon) it has now become an urban haven of unique restaurants, bars, clubs, salons, and botiques. Although it is [...]
Island Home
Even though it is called Island Home it is not exactly on an island. Rather this historic nabe sits near the Tennessee River and like many of Knoxville’s suburbs, Island Home, in the south of Knoxville began as a farm and later was developed as a streetcar suburb (similar to Fourth & Gill and [...]
Parkridge
Parkridge in East Knoxville is full of gracious Victorian and charming Craftsman/Bungalow style homes. Originally this nabe was part of Park City and similar to some of the other historic neighborhoods (such as Island Home) it was developed as a streetcar suburb for Knoxville’s professional class in the 1890s. Later annexed by the city of Knoxville at the [...]
Lindbergh Forest
Driving through Lindbergh Forest in South Knoxville you can almost visualize the Model T cars that once ambled through this historic Knoxville neighborhood. Developed in the late 1920′s as a “automobile suburb” the heavily wooded neighborhood has small winding streets and romantic architecture. The nabe is full of Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival and Bungalow homes [...]
Sequoyah Hills
In my opinion, Sequoyah Hills is one of the beautiful historic gems of Knoxville. The neighborhood, which runs alongside the Tennessee river, is home to some of Knoxville’s most beautiful architecture. This neighborhood is slightly west of Downtown Knoxville, off of Kingston Pike, and situated in a beautiful park like surrounding. Named after Sequoyah, the [...]
Emory Place
Emory Place, is at the edge of Downtown Knoxville near the Old City, and is known as a Historic District that includes both residential condos and small commercial businesses. Emory Place itself is actually a cross street connecting Central and Broadway and was once a wide avenue. Many buildings in the area were placed on [...]
Fourth & Gill
When you think of the Victorian “painted ladies”, Fourth & Gill, has some of Knoxville’s largest and loveliest examples of these fine homes. With the majority of Fourth & Gills’ homes built between 1880-1930, well over 260 properties from this historic Knoxville neighborhood were added to the National Register of Historic Places over the last [...]
Fountain City
Surrounded by several ridges, the one time area known as Fountain Head, has now become the rather large “neighborhood” of Fountain City. It seems that it is more apt to describe Fountain City as an area since it is includes two separate zip codes and several neighborhoods in their own right, but you will find [...]
Holston Hills
Located on the east side of I-40 and Asheville highway, Holston Hills is just a short drive to the University of Tennessee campus and Downtown Knoxville. This historic east Knoxville neighborhood, features a variety of homes ranging in age from the 1920′s to the 1960′s. Typical of the homes from this time frame, dwellings are [...]
Forest Heights
Forest Heights is one of Knoxville’s charming hidden jems. Tucked away off of the north west end of Sutherland Avenue, Forest Heights neighborhood dates back to the 1920′s. The area is very reminiscent of Lindbergh Forest in South Knoxville, and similarly developed as an “automobile suburb”. Beautiful stone Tudor Revival homes dot the small winding [...]
Lake Forest
One truth I know about people is that they are curious. I am not completely certain, but I am fairly sure that from the inception of private dwellings, humanity’s overarching curiosity about what is inside someone else’s house sprang forth. It’s a leap I understand, but seriously, don’t you wonder what’s in that house you [...]
