Westwood

Knoxville, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Westwood, a historic house at 3425 Kingston Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, was built in 1890 by John Lutz and his wife, artist Adelia Armstrong Lutz, on land given to them by Adelia's father. Designed by the local Baumann Brothers firm in the Queen Anne style, the 5,000-square-foot brick and stone residence is distinguished by its incorporation of Richardsonian Romanesque elements—an uncommon material choice for Queen Anne houses in Knoxville. The ten-bedroom home features ten fireplaces with custom mantels and decorative tiles, a hand-painted ceiling in the front parlor, and a remarkable art studio occupying a long eastern room with skylights and hardwood floors laid in alternating wood patterns. Adelia Armstrong Lutz, an accomplished painter trained at the Corcoran and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, maintained her artistic practice in this specially designed studio. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the house remained in the Lutz family until 2009 and was subsequently purchased by the Aslan Foundation for restoration and transfer to Knox Heritage for preservation offices.