We spoke with the previous owner, Karen Shavin, who says she spent her childhood at the residence.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"v\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6407585d-0169-48ea-a52d-4f3d61b7e991-c4c427b37b4549ff86818241667444e8DRONEHOUSEONRIDGE.mxfframe3850..png\")
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The home is positioned to capture views of the Tennessee River, Lookout Mountain and the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n
While Wright designed the residence, Shavin says her father served as the general contractor behind its construction.<\/p>\n
Built primarily of native Tennessee Crab Orchard stone and Louisiana cypress, the house features expansive walls of glass intended to strengthen the connection between indoor and outdoor space.<\/p>\n
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Its architectural details include mitered corner windows, clerestory lighting, custom wood screens, built-in furnishings and a cantilevered carport roof.<\/p>\n
A stone fireplace anchors the living room, and the layout incorporates Wright\u2019s principles of compression and release.<\/p>\n
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The property also includes native gardens and a pond designed specifically for the residence.<\/p>\n
Shavin moved into the home with her family when she was young and lived there for decades. <\/p>\n
She says she hopes the new owner will treat it as a long-term home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. \u2014 A rare piece of Tennessee architectural history has a new owner: the Shavin House,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-589371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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