The Daniel House is a historic home located at 2701 Woodson Drive in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

. It was designed in 1948–1949 by James W. Fitzgibbon, and constructed by George W. Qualls.
The Future of Knoxville's Past: Historic and Architectural Resources in Knoxville, Tennessee
' (Knoxville Historic Zoning Commission, October 2006), page 18. The structure was uniquely built into a hillside from salvaged

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structural supports. The Daniels sold it to Neal Cantrell in 1961. Cantrell died in 1970 and his family let the property deteriorate. In 1982, architect Peter Calandruccio bought it for $37,000 and began renovation. In 1986, ''Fine Homebuilding'' magazine published Calandruccio's extensive account of the renovations. Donald Renfroe bought it for $175,000 in 1993. Previous owner Alexis Walsh owned the home since purchasing it from Johnny Miller in July 2008, and subsequently it was renovated again, including the installation of a new roof. It was sold in 2015 to Candace Avery who is the current owner. The house was designed in the ''Moderne'' architectural style (as opposed to

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). Its use of indigenous East Tennessee materials and its Streamline Moderne style have been described as "distinctive". It was listed on the

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in 1998.

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