Auction of Home, Part II

As mentioned, the New Norris House auction has begun again... but this time with no minimum bid.

This process will again be a sealed bid auction and is being overseen by the State of Tennessee Real Estate Asset Management (as a State owned property built by the University's College of Architecture and Design).

The flyer below indicates the most basic information about the sale and the home itself, but more detailed information can be found here at the state's website.

For information about the auction process, please contact Frank Baugh via phone or email.
frank.baugh@tn.gov or (615) 741-5821

For information about the home itself, please contact the NNH team directly.
newnorrishouse@tennessee.edu.

Auction of Home Beginning again - NNH Still available!

Friends, the New Norris House did not sell last month and is still available for purchase.

In the coming week we will announce further detailed into the new auction process that will take place with no minimum bid.

Please stayed tuned for further details.

For information about the auction process, please contact Frank Baugh via phone or email.
frank.baugh@tn.gov or (615) 741-5821

For information about the home itself, please contact the NNH team directly.
newnorrishouse@tennessee.edu.

Norris Dam State Park Spring Wildflowers

One of the best aspects of living in Norris is being so close to Norris Dam State Park -- it takes less than ten minutes to drive to the dam from the New Norris House. And although I haven’t tried it, you can walk from the community path on our property to the community center and get on the Norris Watershed Trail System which links to the state park’s trails. 

Map from Outdoor Knoxville

I’ve spent many evenings exploring the meadows along the Song Bird Trail below the dam and hiking around the historic mill on Clear Creek. The Andrews Ridge trail system has views of the lake and is ideal for trail running, but my favorite place to explore is the River Bluff Trail on the west side of the Clinch River just below the dam. In just 3.1 miles, the trail passes through several plant communities as it climbs and descends the ridge across north, east, and south facing slopes. The many microclimates found along the trail are home to an impressive variety of spring wildflowers. The park even hosts wildflower walks every year around this time. 

Here are a few examples of the many wildflowers you can see along the River Bluff Trail this time of year:

Cutleaf Toothwort, Dentaria laciniata

Yellow Trillium, Trillium luteum 

Strange flowers of the Little Brown Jug plant, Hexastylis arifolia

Fernleaf Phacelia, Phacelia bipinnatifida

Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum

Not sure the species of this fern as its fronds were just unfurling from their winter sleep!