About Oakbrook
The Village at Oakbrook is the product of a collective effort by a group of Chattanooga
residents who desired to create a community that they and their families could enjoy
reminiscent of some of the small agrarian communities that once spotted the Tennessee
landscape, and still exist in rural portions of the state. This group of individuals,
composed of doctors, business leaders, and spearheaded by a local developer and
principal in a leading construction company, identified one of the most beautiful
settings in the greater Chattanooga region in which to construct this development
which they will call home. Simple classic architecture, high quality construction,
and the pristine natural setting in which this community is nestled will set Oakbrook
apart from its more formal neighbors.
Historic Preservation
White Oak Mountain historically created a barrier for those in Apison and other
portions of southeast TenCreek, a tributary of the Tennessee River. The difficulty
in passing over White Oak Mountain made Parker’s Gap of vital importance during
the civil war. Union troops captured and held the pass during the Battle of Chickamauga
to protect the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad running between Cleveland and
Dalton, and create an outer defense to the east of Chattanooga. In 1840 Evan Parker,
for whom the Gap is named, constructed a saw mill on Hurricane Creek, which continued
operation for about a hundred years until its then owner, William Miller, passed
away in 1941. During its operation the grinessee and north Georgia from reaching
the Chattanooga area and the commerce running along the Tennessee River. Residents
of these areas passed through Parker’s Gap, created by Hurricane stmill was a key
component to the surrounding agrarian community on both sides of the Gap. The remains
of the mill’s foundation have been located and will be preserved in the course of
improving the site.
Nature Conservation
The homes of the Village at Oakbrook will be completely surrounded by more than
one hundred acres of property, permanently preserved through the grant of a conservation
easement to the Southeast Regional Land Conservancy. Oakbrook homeowners will take
part in preserving for future generations views of Hurricane Creek rippling over
low stone waterfalls under huge oak trees. They will ensure that an unsullied view
of almost seventy acres of White Oak Mountain with its towering pines will exist
for hundreds of years. The upper elevations of the property on the top of White
Oak Mountain have limitless views in all directions: east toward the Smoky Mountains,
west toward the Cumberland Plateau, and south into north Georgia.