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Alexander Inn groundbreaking, press conference Thursday

Posted at 11:39 am November 12, 2013
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Alexander Inn Ballroom Demolition

In June, workers had demolished the ballroom at the Alexander Inn, a historic, dilapidated two-story hotel that has been vacant for years and is now being converted into an assisted living facility. (File photo)

Local, state, and federal officials will join nonprofit and business executives for a formal groundbreaking and press conference on Thursday at the historic Alexander Inn, which is being converted into an assisted living center.

The press conference will start at 10 a.m. at the Guest House at the Alexander Inn Senior Living, which is at 210 E. Madison Road on the northwest side of Jackson Square. Representatives from the City of Oak Ridge, U.S. Department of Energy, Tennessee Historical Commission, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, and Family Pride Corp. are all expected to take part.

The iconic two-story hotel had been unused for about two decades and fallen into disrepair. Family Pride Corp. has been rehabilitating the Manhattan Project-era building since May. It’s been stabilized, but the building will not be completed until mid-2014, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexander Inn, Alexander Inn Senior Living, assisted living, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, ETPA, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, hotel, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Historical Commission, U.S. Department of Energy

Officials to offer update on Alexander Inn project tonight

Posted at 2:43 pm July 11, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Guest House

The Guest House in Oak Ridge, now known as the Alexander Inn, as it looked during the top-secret Manhattan Project in World War II. (Photo by Ed Westcott)

Rick Dover, general manager of the company converting the historic Alexander Inn into an assisted living center, will provide an update on the project during an Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association meeting this evening.

Also present will be Knox Heritage’s Ethiel Garlington, director of preservation field services for the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. today (Thursday, July 11) in the Midtown Community Center at 102 Robertsville Road at the corner of Robertsville Road and Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alexander Inn, assisted living center, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, Ethiel Garlington, ETPA, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, Knox Heritage, Manhattan Project, Midtown Community Center, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Rick Dover, U.S. Department of Energy

Alexander Inn ballroom demolished as renovation work begins

Posted at 4:14 pm June 6, 2013
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Alexander Inn Ballroom Demolition

Workers have demolished the damaged ballroom at the historic Alexander Inn, a dilapidated two-story hotel that has been vacant for years and is now being converted into an assisted living center.

Workers have demolished the ballroom at the historic but dilapidated Alexander Inn as part of a project to convert the vacant two-story hotel into an assisted living center.

There are about a dozen workers at the three-acre site on East Madison Road, including framers and demolition, cleanup, and abatement crews, project manager Shea Ramsey said Thursday.

The flat-roof addition that included the ballroom, kitchen, and dining room had leaked, and the wood had rotted. Project officials have previously said the ballroom and kitchen would be demolished and rebuilt. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexander Inn, assisted living center, ballroom, business workshop, code enforcement, East Madison Road, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, Rick Dover, Shea Ramsey, U.S. Department of Energy, World War II

Final sale day at Alexander Inn

Posted at 7:01 pm May 28, 2013
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Alexander Inn

Plans call for converting the Alexander Inn, formerly known as The Guest House, into an assisted living center.

The first estate sale at the Alexander Inn was very popular, and now the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance plans to have a second.

It will be this Saturday, and the ETPA said it’s the second and final estate “tag” sale.

The sale will from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. ETPA is holding it in conjunction with Knox Heritage’s Salvage Room. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexander Inn, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, estate sale, ETPA, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, Knox Heritage, Manhattan Project, Salvage Room

With renovations under way, hundreds shop at Alexander Inn estate sale

Posted at 2:46 pm May 28, 2013
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Alexander Inn Estate Sale

Hundreds of people lined up at the Alexander Inn on Saturday for an estate sale, an unprecedented opportunity to buy items ranging from bed frames and Bibles to chairs and chandeliers, before the vacant, historic hotel is converted into an assisted living center. (Photo by Don Hunnicutt)

Renovations have started at the historic Alexander Inn, and on Saturday, hundreds of people shopped at an estate sale at the vacant, two-story hotel, taking advantage of an unprecedented opportunity to buy items from the 1940s to the 1980s, including bed frames and Bibles, chairs and chandeliers, and dishes and dressers.

Halfway through the three-hour sale, a project executive estimated that more than 500 people had attended. At one point, the line of people waiting to get in stretched from the hotel, located on East Madison Road, to Kentucky Avenue, said Rick Dover, general manager of Family Pride, which has proposed converting the dilapidated hotel into an assisted living center. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexander Inn, assisted living center, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, estate sale, ETPA, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, hotel, InSite Development Corp., Jackson Square, Knox Heritage, Manhattan Project, National Historic Register, Rick Dover, Salvage Room, U.S. Department of Energy

Company closes deal on Alexander Inn, plans to use for assisted living center

Posted at 8:48 pm May 7, 2013
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Alexander Inn

Plans call for converting the Alexander Inn, formerly known as The Guest House, into an assisted living center.

It’s been in the works for months, and officials announced on Tuesday that a local company has purchased the historic but rundown Alexander Inn.

Family Pride Corp. plans to convert the vacant two-story hotel into an assisted living center.

The sale was announced by the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, a key player in the project. A press release said the agreement announced Tuesday includes a preservation easement with ETPA that will ensure the building is protected forever. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alexander Inn, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, ETPA, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, Knox Heritage, Manhattan Project, Mark Watson, Rick Dover, Tom Beehan

Manhattan Project national park bill also reintroduced in U.S. House

Posted at 5:22 pm March 15, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

K-25 Building Aerial View

Now mostly demolished, the former mile-long, U-shaped K-25 Building is pictured above. The site has previously been identified for possible inclusion in a Manhattan Project National Historical Park. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy)

A bill to set up a Manhattan Project national park that would include Oak Ridge has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The bipartisan legislation was reintroduced on Friday in the U.S. House by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, a Washington Republican;  Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, a Tennessee Republican; and Rep. Ben Luján, a New Mexico Democrat.

The legislation—H.R. 1208—would establish a Manhattan Project National Historical Park that would include facilities in Oak Ridge; Hanford, Wash.; and Los Alamos, N.M.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Alexander Inn, atomic bombs, Atomic Heritage Foundation, B Reactor, Ben Luján, Building 9204-3, Building 9731, Chuck Fleischmann, Cindy Kelly, Doc Hastings, DOE, East Tennessee Technology Park, Guest House, Hanford, HR 1208, K-25 Building, Lamar Alexander, Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Maria Cantwell, national park, National Park Service, National Park System, nuclear weapons, Oak Ridge, S. 507, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex

Alexander Inn on endangered places list again

Posted at 1:40 pm March 4, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Alexander Inn

The Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge has again been named an endangered place in East Tennessee.

The Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge has again been named an endangered place in East Tennessee.

The vacant, two-story hotel was included on a list of 17 endangered places released by the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance on Monday. The Alexander Inn, which could soon be converted into an assisted living center, has been on the list in previous years as well.

Announced Monday in Knoxville, the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance’s list includes endangered historic buildings and places in a 16-county region.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Alexander Inn, assisted living center, City of Oak Ridge, East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, endangered places, Ethiel Garlington, ETPA, Guest House, IDB, National Register of Historic Places, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, U.S. Department of Energy

Senate officials expect Manhattan Project park bill to be reintroduced

Posted at 2:15 pm January 30, 2013
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Building 9204-3 at Y-12

Building 9204-3 at the Y-12 National Security Complex could be included in a Manhattan Project National Historical Park under legislation that could be reintroduced in Congress early this year. (Photo courtesy of Y-12 National Security Complex.)

A U.S. Senate committee assistant said officials expect a bill to be reintroduced early this year to create a Manhattan Project national park that could include sites in Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, N.M., and Hanford, Wash.

An earlier bill to create the park died in the last session of Congress, and one of its key sponsors, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a New Mexico Democrat, has retired.

Bingaman was chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, has replaced him as chair.

“As you know, Sen. Bingaman sponsored the bill to create a Manhattan Project National Historical Park with components in New Mexico, Washington, and Tennessee, because one of the areas to be included (Los Alamos, N.M.) was in his home state,” said Sam Offerdahl, press assistant for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “We expect the bill to be reintroduced early this year, likely with a member from one of the states that is home to the proposed parks as lead sponsor (following Senate custom).”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Alexander Inn, Atomic Heritage Foundation, Building 9204-3, Buildings 9731, Cindy Kelly, Congress, East Tennessee Technology Park, Guest House, Hanford, Jeff Bingaman, K-25 Building, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Ron Wyden, Sam Offerdahl, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senate, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex

Dead for now, Manhattan Project national park bill could be reintroduced

Posted at 9:48 am January 28, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

K-25 Building Aerial View

Now mostly demolished, the former mile-long, U-shaped K-25 Building is pictured above. The site could be included in a Manhattan Project National Historical Park. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy)

A bill to create a Manhattan Project national park that would include Oak Ridge died in the last session of Congress, but the legislation could be revived this session.

“It will be reintroduced,” said Cindy Kelly, founder and president of the Atomic Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. “We are very optimistic that the bill will move through the process.”

Besides Oak Ridge, the park would also include sites in Los Alamos, N.M., and Hanford, Wash.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Alexander Inn, Atomic Heritage Foundation, Cindy Kelly, Guest House, Hanford, K-25 Building, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, national park, Oak Ridge, Y-12 National Security Complex

Loudon company wants to use Alexander Inn as assisted living center

Posted at 10:37 am September 28, 2012
By John Huotari 2 Comments

A Loudon company has proposed converting the historic but run-down Alexander Inn in Oak Ridge into a $6 million, 60-unit assisted living senior center.

Family Pride Corp. has requested a 90 percent, 10-year tax property tax break on the three-acre site. Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board members will be briefed on the proposal Monday and consider recommending it to City Council during a special Oct. 11 meeting.

Family Pride would work with InSite Development Corp. of Knoxville to redevelop the two-story hotel, which was built during World War II as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government Tagged With: Alexander Inn, assisted living, City Council, Family Pride Corp., Guest House, InSite Development Corp., Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, payment in lieu of taxes, tax break

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