New owner expands Southside Antiques

Southside Antiques at 1401 Williams St. is having a grand reopening July 20-22 to celebrate its expansion, new dealers and new ownership in the changing neighborhood. Southside Antiques at 1401 Williams St. is having a grand reopening July 20-22 to celebrate its expansion, new dealers and new ownership in the changing neighborhood.

By Allison Shirk July 10, 2018 4 min read

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› Visit the Southside Antiques Facebook site at www.facebook.com/SouthsideAntiquesLLC› Call the shop at 423-265-3004.

When Antiques on the Southside opened more than 20 years ago, one of the original owners, Connie Knox, remembers the neighborhood as a much different place.

“There’s just so much more vibrancy downtown now,” she said.

With the changes in the Southside neighborhood, comes a whole new set of clientele for the antiques store at 1401 Williams St., which changed it’s name to Southside Antiques in 2002. In May, Lonna Hamblen took ownership of Southside Antiques and has since expanded the space and added more affordable options to meet a younger, more diverse crowd, she said.

Knox and Jo Althaus – wife of the late Signal Mountain Mayor, James Althaus -opened the store in 1994.