PRICE IMPROVEMENT! Built in 1898, this Arts and Crafts Tudor Style house boasts a rich history as one of the first homes built on Lookout Mountain's eastern brow. Richard L. Watkins, owner of Lookout Mountain Company, developed the mountain and chose this location as the site for his home. He commissioned architect Dan C. Reamer to design it and enhance the luxury of stunning views: The river, the valley, distant mountains, and today, the sparkling lights of Chattanooga. Reamer's firm was best noted for creating Yellowstone's Old Faithful Inn. The house is perfectly oriented on approximately .75 acre with a lovely multilevel back yard, lush gardens, and impressive rock formations that lead to hidden stairs and access to a surprise bluff-side retreat with its rock formations on the edge of the mountain's escarpment that reveal even more expansive views towards the north and down the length of Chattanooga Valley. Behind mature landscaping, the shaded, covered Front Porch commands attention from every passerby. The interior is a visual feast: As you move from room-to-room, you will be immersed in period finishes along with wonderful built-ins updated seamlessly over recent years. The main level has spacious rooms, beautiful quarter-sawn oak floors, original windows and transoms, and vertical panel doors. You enter the house through a thick, arched, oak door to begin your tour. The Reception Room is graciously large and anchored by a center table under a period crystal chandelier. A seating area in front of the large window alcove opposes the main staircase (one of the two in the house). Directly beyond is the formal Dining Room with a wood burning fireplace framed by a monolithic, period, hand-carved limestone mantel and impressive Gilded Age crystal chandelier. Arched French doors open into a small ell-shaped extension of the Living Room.
