Rehhup

ReHHUP Project Highlights: The Freedom Center (2019)

The Freedom Center was the first nonprofit in ReHHUP's East Side project area to take advantage of our program and reinvest in the neighborhood.

Ebenzer Woodward, the founder of the Woodward Opera House, called the treatment center home from the 1830’s to the 1870’s. The building was constructed in the Greek Revival style, with ionic columns and symmetrical one story wings that the Knox County Historical Society suggests imitate a Greek temple.

The Freedom Center’s ReHHUP project restored one of these ionic columns as well as the property’s facade. ReHHUP connected the Freedom Center with the Neighborhood Design Center to reimagine elements of the building while remaining faithful to its historic structure. The Neighborhood Design Center created a design to evoke the treatment center's logo, properly light the front lawn, and find appropriate furniture for the porch.

It's hard to imagine a better way to signal clients that they're in the right place than the Freedom Center's eye-catching purple shutters and matching sign!