Nestled in the heart of Bearden, the Eugenia Williams House is a testament to Regency Style elegance. As the restoration project unfolds, the interior is undergoing a remarkable transformation. From the meticulous refinishing of aged woodwork to the careful restoration…

Within the walls of the Eugenia Williams House, a quiet history unfolds. It’s the story of a woman’s life told in fragments of a different era. As we continue to explore the many items recovered from the house and grounds…

Contractors have been hard at work restoring many of the unique exterior and interior features of the Eugenia Williams House and its grounds. The house’s expansive back verandah, which faces south towards the Tennessee River, was initially paved in bluestone.…

After purchasing the home, the Aslan Foundation removed the plywood boards that had covered the windows of the Eugenia Williams House for several decades and protected them with sheets of custom clear polycarbonate with air vents for environmental control. The…

  The twenty-four acres overlooking the beautiful Tennessee River and the Great Smoky Mountains will be open to the public through a series of trails on the property and cultural programming in the buildings. While visiting the grounds, guests will…

The exterior restoration of the Eugenia Williams House is underway! The Aslan Foundation has partnered with Hickory Construction and a group of skilled subcontractors to repair and restore major exterior elements as closely as possible to their original conditions.  Areas…

Unoccupied since the 1980s, the Eugenia Williams House property became overrun with invasive plant species, threatening many of the trees and native plants. The Aslan Foundation’s Property Team has worked tirelessly to eliminate the invasive species crowding the site, including…

Knoxville’s recent snowfall has us dreaming about what this grande dame of houses will look like in a future winter once it is fully restored. Keep following the Eugenia Williams’ Houses’s transformation here. The stabilization phase is complete, and exterior…

Guest post by Laurel Hooker, Knoxville artist I could not see the house when I arrived at the front gate of Eugenia Williams’ former home this past October. It was nine o’clock in the morning, and the broad, curving driveway…

This video documents the first phase of the Eugenia Williams House restoration process. Hear from Executive Director of the Aslan Foundation, Andrea Bailey, Brandon Pace and Michael Davis of Sanders Pace Architecture, Eric Kramer of Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects, and…

Eugenia’s Williams House’s first phase of work includes stabilizing the structure, clearing invasives on the site, and short-term solutions to enhance the building’s security and prepare it for visitors. Aslan Foundation recently took the plywood off the windows and replaced…

Environmental preservation is a central part of the Aslan Foundation’s founding mission and is core to many of our projects. When the Foundation purchased the Eugenia Williams House, it had been vacant for thirty years. However, the Foundation soon learned that a large…

The structure that we know as the Eugenia Williams House is the second iteration of the Williams family’s homes at the Lyons Bend property. The photo above, dating from the 1920s, shows the Williams family’s first home, where Eugenia lived…

The Aslan Foundation is enthusiastic to be working with the following architecture firms to rehabilitate the Eugenia Williams House and property. Sanders Pace Architecture is the lead architecture firm on the project. Sanders Pace Architecture is based in Knoxville and…

Guest Post by Michael Davis, AIA, Sanders Pace Architecture Having worked with the Aslan Foundation on many important and iconic Knoxville projects over the last several years, we were thrilled when we were contacted in January 2020 to be a…