{"version":"1.0","type":"stack","id":"39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b","url":"https://stacklist.com/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b","title":"Regency Revival","description":null,"privacy":"public","created_at":"2026-06-10T13:50:07.815Z","updated_at":"2026-06-10T13:50:07.815Z","author":{"username":"jessalynfriske","name":"Jessalyn Friske","url":"https://stacklist.com/jessalynfriske","type":"person"},"category":null,"items":[{"id":"b1e5b4df-362d-4f8f-a74f-83a800d255b2","position":1,"title":"Eugenia Williams House - Exterior 1/2","url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZYeQSFALMG/?img_index=1","note":"Part 1 of 4: Eugenia Williams was born in 1900 in Knoxville, TN. In 1902, her father Dr. David H. Williams invested in a local Cola-Cola franchise, which lead to great wealth. However, as Eugenia was growing up ,her younger siblings and mother passed away, leaving Eugenia and her father as the only surviving members of the family. In 1916, the remaining Williams moved from downtown Knoxville to what was then the country and lived in a brick two-story farmhouse on the 24 acre Lyons View Pike property, complete with a vegetable garden and an orchard. Eugenia lived there until she married R. Gordon Chandler in 1920. In 1929, Eugenia’s father passed away, and she inherited the property and moved back there with Gordon. However, Eugenia’s marriage did not last, and they were divorced in 1936. After the divorce, Eugenia removed the gardens her father had installed in favor of a more natural landscape. In 1938, Eugenia had a stable built on the property that was designed by the local architecture firm, Barber & McMurry, to accommodate her love of horse riding. She then decided she would built her own house on the property, tore down her father’s home, and hired John F. Staub to design her a 10,600 sf Regency Revival style home, which was completed in 1941.\n\n#eugeniawilliamshouse #knoxvilletn #oldhouse #oldhouselove #johnfstaub #regencyarchitecture #regencyhouse\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/e7e45663-c1a1-44b0-9aa2-4524b1167548/","alt":"Eugenia Williams House - Exterior 1/2","width":2048,"height":1536},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b?cardId=b1e5b4df-362d-4f8f-a74f-83a800d255b2","created_at":"2026-06-10T13:50:26.458Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"01fff06e-70c3-4687-958e-9f90b246a8c4","position":2,"title":"Eugenia Williams House - Exterior 2/2","url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZYeQSFALMG/?img_index=1","note":"Part 2 of 4: John F. Staub was born in 1892 in Knoxville as well. He went to UT for mathematics, then on to MIT for architecture. After graduation, he worked for Harrie T. Lindeberg in NYC. Staub moved to Houston, TX in 1921 and ended up starting his own practice there. In addition to the Eugenia Williams house, he also designed Hopecote in Knoxville. Regency style combines classical architecture with iron materials from the Industrial Revolution, originally popular in the early 1800s in the UK. The regency revival style was popular in the US between the 1930s and 1950s. Staub's time in Texas led him to give the house many windows for cross-ventilation and daylighting. Connection to the outdoors was also an important part of regency architecture, which is reflected in the landscape design. Apparently Eugenia was such a demanding client that she gave Staub stress hives. But her perfectionist nature did create a refined residence, especially for the 1940s.\n\n#eugeniawilliamshouse #knoxvilletn #oldhouse #oldhouselove #johnfstaub #regencyarchitecture #regencyhouse\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/b80e8b9d-1ce3-4440-be0c-93350780848e/","alt":"Eugenia Williams House - Exterior 2/2","width":2048,"height":1536},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b?cardId=01fff06e-70c3-4687-958e-9f90b246a8c4","created_at":"2026-06-10T13:59:54.271Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"23bd04f3-8977-4852-819f-c5557282092d","position":3,"title":"Eugenia Williams House - Interior 1/2","url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZaFYkcjrIU/?img_index=1","note":"Part 3 of 4: Eugenia Williams lived in the regency revival house until 1983 when her health required her to live in a nursing home/hospital. She died in 1998 and willed the house to UT in hopes that it could be used as their president’s residence. However, that never happened because of cost of restoration needed to bring the house back from such a long vacancy. It took years of legal wrangling to allow the house to be put up for auction in 2020, where the Aslan Foundation purchased it. Then it took six more years to be restored into a property that can now be enjoyed by the public. In addition to tours of the inside of the house, the public can enjoy the grounds of the property and have events inside the house. This is a very happy ending for the house, as there was concern that property could have been scooped up by a developer for a subdivision. The furnishings now inside the house are not original to Eugenia but have been selected as something she could have had in the house during her lifetime. This keeps the house from feeling too much like a museum, as you can actually sit on the furniture.\n\n#eugeniawilliamshouse #knoxvilletn #oldhouse #oldhouselove #johnfstaub #regencyarchitecture #regencyhouse\n\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/a0b3b5ef-0dcc-4791-8b1b-d743390d752f/","alt":"Eugenia Williams House - Interior 1/2","width":1536,"height":2048},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b?cardId=23bd04f3-8977-4852-819f-c5557282092d","created_at":"2026-06-10T13:53:20.681Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"2cec0b67-58a4-4643-8a8b-18c9cf0d70aa","position":4,"title":"Eugenia Williams House - Interior 2/2","url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZaFYkcjrIU/?img_index=1","note":"Part 4 of 4\n\nPhoto 1: Painting of the stable in the foyer\nPhoto 2: Front hallway to the study with vaulted ceiling\nPhoto 3: Study woodwork\nPhoto 4: Study window study looking to the backyard\nPhoto 5: Marble fireplace in the living room\nPhoto 6: Living room windows facing the backyard\nPhoto 7: Hutch in the foyer with Eugenia's dishes\nPhoto 8: Powder room between the foyer and dining room\nPhoto 9: Dining room chandlier that miraculously survived\nPhoto 10: Pocket window in the dining room (slides opens for balcony)\nPhoto 11: Fireplace in the dining room\nPhoto 12: Refrigerator in the kitchen\nPhoto 13: Range and cabinets in the kitchen\nPhoto 14: Middle landing in the stair foyer\nPhoto 15: Eugenia's bedroom\nPhoto 16: Eugenia's bathroom vanity\nPhoto 17: Eugenia's bathroom tub\nPhoto 18: View through Juliet balcony to front drive\nPhoto 19: Front door and stair\nPhoto 20: Foyer stair newel post and railing\n\n#eugeniawilliamshouse #knoxvilletn #oldhouse #oldhouselove #johnfstaub #regencyarchitecture #regencyhouse\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/d04ea35b-0c23-4c31-bb8f-9d34cca6fb7c/","alt":"Eugenia Williams House - Interior 2/2","width":1536,"height":2048},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b?cardId=2cec0b67-58a4-4643-8a8b-18c9cf0d70aa","created_at":"2026-06-10T14:02:36.619Z","updated_at":null}],"stats":{"likes_count":0,"items_count":4},"_links":{"self":"/api/public/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b.json","html":"https://stacklist.com/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b","rss":"/api/feeds/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b/rss","json_feed":"/api/feeds/stack/39304a32-5120-4964-bb75-930c0ad8d06b/json"}}