St. Elmo, Chattanooga's Historic Neighborhoods
By Julia Odom, Chattanooga Homes for Sale
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St. Elmo is probably the largest residential area of Chattanooga that has been designated a historical district. Both Fort Wood & Ferger Place share that distinction but each of those is a relatively small place. Not so, St. Elmo. Founded in 1885, St. Elmo was at one time it's very own little city on the way from Chattanooga to Chickamauga. It still retains its small town feel today. Like pretty much every historical area in Chattanooga, the Elmo has suffered from years of decay and urban blight (gee, I really get tired of writing that about all these neighborhoods) but it's on the rebound. About seven years ago, I looked at a wreck of a four square on Alabama Avenue that had been converted into a four-plex (not uncommon with some of these huge old places). When I told the owner - it wa...
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