Montrose Court Apartments - Johnson City, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 18.387 W 082° 21.437
17S E 378143 N 4018793
Tudor-style apartments part of the "Little Chicago" era with stories involving Al Capone and associates.
Waymark Code: WM6PYR
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2009
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Montrose Court was built as Tudor-style luxury apartment house in 1922 on land owned by railroad magnate, George L. Carter. The construction was announced in a special edition of the newspaper on May 28, 1922 (
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Fire in the dumbwaiter and trash chutes burned on November 13, 1928, thus the building was rebuilt as 30 residences which are now condominiums. In 1978, the building was close to being condemned for demolation. (
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Renovation starting in 1983 saving the historical building. (
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Thanks to johnsondepot.com for much of these references. (
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