The Grounds
A private setting above the Tennessee River.
The estate occupies former Peter Blow farmland on the peninsula of Lakemoor Hills, south of downtown Knoxville. Its position was chosen by Dr. Rogers in 1950 to open the front of the residence toward the river valley.
The Setting
A landscape composed by orientation.
The southern carriage porch faces broad, open acreage and long views. The northern approach — closer to the river's bend — is screened by mature landscape. Every principal room of the residence was placed to take advantage of one of the two views.
Acreage
18.25 acres.
The offering comprises 18.25 acres in a Lakemoor Hills peninsula setting. River and lake views are visible from both sides of the grounds; the parcel is not waterfront and does not include the broader 100-plus-acre holding once assembled by Dr. Rogers in the 1950s.
A peninsula setting with river views
The house is sited on former Peter Blow farmland at the north end of the peninsula, oriented so that its front elevation opens toward Tennessee River views across the grounds. The offered parcel is 18.25 acres and is not waterfront — river and lake views are visible from both sides while walking the property.
Long southern view
From the two-story carriage porch the view opens south across a broad open field toward McGhee Tyson Airport and the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains beyond.
Historic neighbor
To the east lies the small, white-fenced Wells Cemetery, containing the North Carolina Militia grave of Revolutionary War veteran Jesse Wells (born July 1785).
Preserved outbuildings
The original smoke house — moved from Tazewell two to three years after the main relocation — stands to the east of the residence, one of several preserved period elements on the grounds.
Brick garden walks
The paths near the carriage porch are laid in square hand-made bricks produced by Hugh Graham's laborers in Tazewell around 1840, transported and re-laid during the 1950s reconstruction.
Upper East Tennessee stone
The porch slabs and steps are upper East Tennessee limestone (Knox dolomite) taken from walls surrounding the original house site in Tazewell.
