Eugenia Williams House Tour

Program Type:

History & Genealogy, Lecture & Discussion, Special Event

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Event Details

Join us for a very special tour of the Eugenia Williams House with Laura Still. 

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE. 

In 1939, divorcee Eugenia Williams, heiress to her father’s fortune, commissioned the noted architect John Fanz Staub to design a spacious residence in the English Regency style, where she would live, mostly alone, for over 40 years. For decades the Eugenia Williams House has been hidden behind a high brick wall on Lyons View Pike, visible to passersby only for an instant through the locked gate. 

Soon for the first time since the house was completed in 1941, the home of one of Knoxville’s most intensely private women will be available for public tours, thanks to the generosity of the Aslan Foundation. The house and grounds have been meticulously restored to their original condition, offering a rare glimpse into the life and times of a woman who inspired both admiration and gossip, but remains mysterious to this day.

*This tour is geared for ages 15 and up. The second floor of the house can be reached only via the stairs and is not handicap accessible.

NOTE: Proof of registration required. 

Many thanks to the Friends of the Library for making this program and many other library events possible.