Tallahassee’s Knott House Museum will host two artistic performances this weekend about the life of Luella Knott, whom the museum is named after. Organizers say the event will also offer a historical look at Knott’s life.
After moving into the house with her husband in 1928, Luella Knott became a prominent figure in Tallahassee social life and was known for her love of the arts. Local musician Diane Whitney wrote the program by infusing poems and songs written by Knott with a variety of music popular during her lifetime. Whitney says her interest in Knott stems from her own background as a composer, but also from her fascination with the era Knott lived in.
“I began to do research at the Florida Archives in the Gray Building, and also with the Knott House and other generalized reading, and it sort of grew and grew,” says Whitney.
Located on the corner of Park Avenue and Calhoun Street, The Knott House is best known as the site where the Emancipation Proclamation was first announced in Florida in 1865. It was opened to the public as a museum in 1992.
“Every time we drive down the streets of Tallahassee we are surrounded by all kinds of treasures that can be explored,” says Whitney, “and this is just one example, the Knott House Museum.”
Performances will take place Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are available by calling the museum at (850) 922-2459.