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Millennium Manor Open House on Memorial Day
Millennium Manor, Alcoa’s apocalyptic stone castle, will have an open house on Memorial Day, Monday May 31. Admission is free. Donations are welcome. Millennium Manor is located at 500 N. Wright Road. Owner Dean Fontaine emailed me to confirm this … Continue reading
USA Today video of Millennium Manor
Link here. The video is undated, but appears fairly recent based on the renovations I saw last year. The open house is Monday, Memorial Day.
Millinneum Manor open house on Memorial Day
Millennium Manor, the quirky stone castle in Alcoa near the duck pond, has its annual open house on Memorial Day. For background, read the News-Sentinel story from last year with photographs by the late, great Clay Owen. Google Map to … Continue reading
Clay Owen, RIP
A Knoxville News Sentinel photographer has died suddenly. “Clay Owen, a veteran News Sentinel photojournalist and beloved member of the newsroom staff, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at his home of a heart attack. He was 47.” I never met him, … Continue reading
News-Sentinel Story on Millennium Manor
Knoxville New-Sentinel – Rescue operation: Fireman’s commitment puts Alcoa’s stone fortress back in shape: Some weeks, Wells says, she and Fontaine work 20 to 30 hours on building projects. Other weeks they’re lucky to squeeze in two or three. Their … Continue reading
Note on the Stone in Millennium Manor
When I was looking over the Millennium Manor pictures I noticed that some of the stone didn’t match. Some was gray and some was pink. Looking at the photo above you see light pink stone on the upper story, then … Continue reading
Millennium Manor Open House 2008 Pictures
Millennium Manor’s open house was Memorial Day. I got to talk to the current owner, Dean Fontaine, a bit. He’s working on a Web site. He has more source material than I ever imagined – hundreds of pages of documents … Continue reading
Millennium Manor Open House on Memorial Day
Millennium Manor, Alcoa’s apocalyptic stone castle, will have an open house on Memorial Day, Monday May 26. Admission is free. Donations are welcome. Millennium Manor is located at 500 N. Wright Road. Here’s a restoration progress report from the current … Continue reading
Millennium Manor Progress Report
Millennium Manor is a quirky stone castle in Alcoa, TN, designed in the 1930s to house its owner for what he envisioned as his eternal life. There’s an open house every Memorial Day weekend. The current owner, Dean Fontaine, posted … Continue reading
Misc. Blount County History
Found today while reading at the Blount County Public Library. Notes from The History of Blount County, Tennessee and its People, 1795-1995 by the Blount County History Book Committee. Painting of Alleghany Springs Hotel. Photo of Chilhowee Inn. Photo of … Continue reading
Millennium Manor Open Memorial Day
As always, Millennium Manor in Alcoa is open Memorial Day.
Millennium Manor Open House on Memorial Day
Millennium Manor – the odd stone castle in Alcoa – has its annual open house on Memorial Day. The stone and cement house was constructed using Roman techniques, and was meant to last 1000 years. The rooms have arched roofs. … Continue reading
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