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University of Tennessee Architecture Group Identifies 97-Year-Old Kahn-Designed Structure in Knoxville

University of Tennessee Architecture Group Identifies 97-Year-Old Kahn-Designed Structure in Knoxville

by Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation | Nov 19, 2025 | Preservation

In a stunning rediscovery nearly a century in the making, a commanding brick warehouse at 900 E. Fifth Avenue in Knoxville has been identified as the work of Albert Kahn. Long admired but never fully understood, the structure was revealed to be a 1929 Chevrolet Motor...
The Kahn Legacy Newsletter: Celebrating Our First Five Years

The Kahn Legacy Newsletter: Celebrating Our First Five Years

by Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation | Nov 17, 2025 | Uncategorized

Check out the Fall 2025 edition of The Kahn Legacy newsletter, which looks back at the wide range of activities and initiatives undertaken during the Foundation’s initial five years in existence and reports on other Kahn-related news and events including: Three...
History Lesson: Telling Detroit’s Immigrant                                               Story Through its Architecture

History Lesson: Telling Detroit’s Immigrant Story Through its Architecture

by Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation | Nov 7, 2025 | Albert Kahn News, News

Jacob Jones, Detroit historian and Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation board member, recently published a tribute to the remarkable first- and second-generation American architects, artists and engineers who didn’t just shape much of the Motor City’s built environment, they...

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  • Historic, Beloved Maccabees Building OK After Small Blaze
  • Albert Kahn’s WWII Humanitarian Act Topic of Interview on WDET-FM’s “The Metro”
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