Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)

Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)
for the Mississippian culture mounds site known as Old Town, see Old Town (Franklin, Tennessee)
Old Town
Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Nearest city: Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°59′37″N 86°56′10″W / 35.99361°N 86.93611°W / 35.99361; -86.93611Coordinates: 35°59′37″N 86°56′10″W / 35.99361°N 86.93611°W / 35.99361; -86.93611
Area: 2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built: 1846
Architect: Lilly,Pryor
Architectural style: Greek Revival, Central passage plan
Governing body: Private
MPS: Williamson County MRA (WM-397)
NRHP Reference#: 88000324[1]
Added to NRHP: April 14, 1988

Old Town, also known as the Thomas Brown House, is a house in Franklin, Tennessee at Old Town that was built by Thomas Brown some time between 1842 and 1854.[2] It is a two-story frame structure built on an "I-House" plan, an example of vernacular architecture showing Greek Revival influences. The Thomas Brown House is among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with the William King House, the Alpheus Truett House, the Claiborne Kinnard House, the Beverly Toon House, and the Stokely Davis House).[3]:42[4]

It was located on the Harpeth River branch of the Natchez Trace.

Singer Jimmy Buffett owned the house in the late 1980s.[5]

It is built amidst[5][6] and named for, Old Town, a village site of Mississippian culture with mounds. It is located near Old Town Bridge, the remains of a Natchez Trace bridge.

References

  1. ^ "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. 
  2. ^ The Williamson County MRA gives a date of 1842; NRIS gives the date as 1846; McGuinness gives the date as "circa 1854."
  3. ^ 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"]. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500624.pdf. 
  4. ^ Kelly McGuinness. "Old Town". FranklinIs.com website. http://www.franklinis.com/old-town-s98. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 
  5. ^ a b http://books.google.com/books?id=z6ntnxM0s20C&pg=PA139, page 139.
  6. ^ Prehistoric and Pioneer Settlement, Historic Nashville, Inc. website, accessed March 21, 2011

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