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

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...

. 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

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materials and its

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style have been described as "distinctive". It was listed on the

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in 1998.

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