3715 Timberlake

submitted by John Rennie, August 2009


The house was built in 1949 by J. Herbert Taylor and his wife, Shirley. She was one of the directors of the Timberlake Community Club when it was established. He was in the UT Botany Department. They moved to New York City where he was on the faculty at Columbia. They moved because they had a child who need medical attention not available in Knoxville. Subsequently, they moved to Florida where he was at the Florida State University. He was also a member of the National Academy of Science.

The house was bought by Robert and Margaret "Peg" Boarts.  He was the first chemical engineers at UT and was initially in the Chemistry Department. He started the Chemical Engineering Department and was head until his death in 1960. Boarts was succeeded as head of Chemical Engineering by Homer Johnson who lived at 3612 Timberlake and then by Charles Moore from 1993 to 1999. Charles Moore lived at 3705 Timberlake in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Peg was an enamel artist and a one of the Twelve Designer Craftsmen, a high end crafts shop in Gatlinburg until the mid-1970's. She was also in the Southern Highland Crafts Guild.

John and Nancy Rennie bought the house from Peg Boarts in 1971.