Savage House and Garden

	Savage House and Garden
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Savage Garden
Location	3237 Garden Dr; Knoxville, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°2′30″N 83°55′37″W
Area	1.7 acres (0.69 ha)[1]
Built	circa 1917[1]
Architect	Arthur Savage
Architectural style	Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS	Knoxville and Knox County MPS
NRHP reference No.	97001230
Added to NRHP	October 17, 1997

The Savage House and Garden is a historic home and garden at 3237 Garden Drive in the Fountain City community of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Built around 1917 and designed in the Bungalow/Craftsman style, the house and its garden are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Arthur Savage (1872–1946), an immigrant from Leamington Spa, England, designed the house and garden during World War I. Along with his older brother, W. L. Savage, Arthur Savage made a small fortune in the early 1900s by manufacturing industrial equipment. Savage was president of the Ty-Sa-Man company, once located in what is now the World's Fair Park, which specialized in the manufacturing of marble-cutting equipment.[2]

Savage loved rock gardens, and established several in East Tennessee, including one in Lake City, along with the one in Fountain City. The Fountain City garden was inspired by Japanese garden designs, which had become popular through the early twentieth century Art Nouveau movement. Work on the garden began around 1917, and was completed sometime during following decade.[2]

In 1937, the Savage Garden was damaged by a tornado, and remained in a state of disrepair for several years.[2] In 1986, the Savage family sold the garden to Bill Dohm and Patty Cooper. Dohm and Cooper have since renovated the garden and restored its fountain.[2] Plant species found in the garden include Japanese Umbrella Pine, Chinese Pistache, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and Dwarf Crested Iris.[1]

References

Heather Peters, Fountain City's Savage Garden Still Thrives. Knoxnews.com, 16 May 2010. Retrieved: 5 July 2010.
Ask Doc Knox, "Who Created Fountain City's Savage Garden?" Metro Pulse, 22 March 2010. Accessed at the Internet Archive, 2 October 2015.

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[knoxnews-1] Heather Peters, Fountain City's Savage Garden Still Thrives. Knoxnews.com, 16 May 2010. Retrieved: 5 July 2010.

[metropulse-2] Ask Doc Knox, "Who Created Fountain City's Savage Garden?" Metro Pulse, 22 March 2010. Accessed at the Internet Archive, 2 October 2015.