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November 2018

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

The Press Room receives Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen award

Sanders Pace Architecture and owners Jim and Lori Klonaris were honored with a Fantastic Fifteen award by preservation group Knox Heritage for rehabilitation work completed on the 1923 building.

From Knox Heritage:

The Press Room, a 600 person community event space and performance venue was built as the Dewine Building in 1923. Located at 730 N. Broadway, it was built as a showroom for the L.S. Harris Motor Co. In 1939 it served as a 12 lane bowling alley and had other uses until it was purchased by RRI Project, LLC/Spaces in the City in 2017. Local architects Sanders Pace Architecture restored the building and it retains historic elements that include the original steel truss structure, wood decking, concrete floors, and brick walls.

The building now has a new life as The Press Room, an event venue in the historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood at the northern edge of downtown Knoxville.  Learn more about the other winners by clicking HERE and more about The Press Room project by clicking HERE.

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