Lindbergh Forest
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Lindbergh Forest Historic District
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Tudor Revival-style house at 3419 Southwood Drive, built c. 1929
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| Location | Along Chamberlain, Druid, Glenhurst, Southwood, Winslow, and Woodlawn Knoxville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°56′35.45″N 83°54′26.73″W / 35.9431806°N 83.9074250°WCoordinates: 35°56′35.45″N 83°54′26.73″W / 35.9431806°N 83.9074250°W |
| Area | approximately 25 acres (10 ha) |
| Built | 1929–1947 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Spanish Revival, Lustron |
| NRHP Reference # | 94001261 |
| Added to NRHP | February 10, 1998 |
Lindbergh Forest is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located off Chapman Highway (US-441) in South Knoxville, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. Initially developed in the late 1920s as one of Knoxville's first automobile suburbs, the neighborhood is now noted for its late-1920s and early-1930s residential architecture, and the use of East Tennessee marble detailing. The neighborhood also contains two of Knoxville's five surviving Lustron houses. In 1998, several of its houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Lindbergh Forest Historic District.
Traditionally, Lindbergh Forest was situated in an area roughly bounded by Chapman Highway on the west, Woodlawn Pike on the north and east, and Moody Avenue on the south. Today, the Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood has expanded from its original 25 acres to include almost one square mile. Current boundaries, as set by the Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood Association in 2015, are Chapman Highway to the west, East Moody Avenue to the east, and Lippencott Street and Davenport Road to the north. It consists of about 200 single family homes, four apartment complexes, Dogwood Elementary School, Sarah Simpson Professional Development Technology Center, around 18 different businesses, Graystone Presbyterian Church, and the Cecil Webb Recreation Center. A trailhead located behind Dogwood Elementary School links the Lindbergh Forest neighborhood to Knoxville's Urban Wilderness.
The Lindbergh Forest neighborhood is heavily wooded, with numerous mature trees, and contains streets which follow the natural topography. This setting provides a stark contrast with the busy sprawl along adjacent areas of Chapman Highway.
In the late 1920s, real estate developer Victor McClain purchased what is now the Lindbergh Forest area from Samuel B. Luttrell (son of former Knoxville mayor James C. Luttrell). McClain, who had made a fortune developing subdivisions in Florida, hoped to develop a neighborhood catering to Knoxville's rising number of automobile commuters during this period. While similar "automobile suburbs" were being developed elsewhere in Knoxville at the time (e.g., North Hills, Sequoyah Hills, and Forest Heights), the lack of an adequate vehicle bridge across the Tennessee River made such development in South Knoxville risky. The completion of the Henley Street Bridge in 1931, however, alleviated this problem, and the first lots sold well.
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