- Mordecai Puryear House
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Mordecai Puryear House
Location: Lewisburg Pike, 2/10 mi. N of Henpeck Ln., Franklin, Tennessee Coordinates: 35°52′25″N 86°50′35″W / 35.87361°N 86.84306°WCoordinates: 35°52′25″N 86°50′35″W / 35.87361°N 86.84306°W Area: 4 acres (1.6 ha) Built: c. 1830 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Federal, central hall plan Governing body: Private MPS: Williamson County MRA[2] NRHP Reference#: 88000340[1] Added to NRHP: April 13, 1988 The Mordecai Puryear House is a circa 1830 center-hall house in Franklin, Tennessee. Mordecai Puryear was one of ten original $5,000 investors in the National Bank of Franklin in 1871. The bank "was one of the primary financial institutions of the county" until it failed in the Great Depression, in 1926.[2]:30
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. When listed it included two contributing buildings on an area of 4 acres (1.6 ha).[1] The house has been included in a tour of historic Franklin houses.[3]
Significant years[vague] mentioned in the history of the property are c. 1830, c. 1850, and c. 1907.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February, 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500624.pdf.
- ^ Historic Franklin houses tour info, including picture of Mordecai Puryear House
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