<The city of Knoxville unveiled Blount Mansion's new look Monday.It now has a classic steel ornamental fence around the property, and even before crews installed the new fence, they cleaned up the area.Last summer, the city brought in goats to chew and remove nearby kudzu.The Blount Mansion associate president says the new fence was much-needed."We've lived with a chain-link fence from the 1960s when Neyland Drive was built. In fact, we actually called it our prison fence because it looked pretty bad. It had barbed wire across the top. For the last couple of years, we've been working with the city to get the fence replaced," said Nancy Kelly.The city funded the capital improvement project.Blount Mansion is a national historic landmark and is the oldest museum in Knox County.<
Blount Mansion's new look unveiled
The Blount Mansion now has a classic steel ornamental fence around the property, andeven before crews installed the new fence, they cleaned up the area.
