- Peters House
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location =1319 Grainger AveKnoxville, Tennessee
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architect =George F. Barber
architecture = Colonial Revival
added =March 31 ,1999
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refnum = 99000364
mpsub =Knoxville and Knox County MPS
governing_body =The Peters House is a historic home located at 1319 Grainger Avenue in
Knoxville, Tennessee . It is on theNational Register of Historic Places . It is also known as White Columns, as well as the George W. Peters House.The house was designed by local architect
George Franklin Barber in the late 1800s.George Franklin Barber began publishing his homes in inexpensive, illustrated catalogs. He worked between 1887 and 1913, with a staff of approximately 50. Mr. Barber warned residents of the horrors of a house not designed by a trained architect, noting that Geo. F. Barber & Co. was "between you and a hideous monstrosity".Barber houses were primarily constructed in the United States, but were also found in foreign countries. This specific home was constructed in the late 1800s in the in the
Colonial Revival style.The Peters House is privately owned, and is not open to the public.
References
* Barber, George F. "Victorian Cottage Architecture: An American Catalog of Designs, 1891". (Dover, 2004)
* Barber, George F. "The Cottage Souvenir: Containing over two hundred original designs and plans of artistic dwellings." (S.B. Newman & Co; Rev. edition, 1892).
* Barber, George F. "The Cottage Souvenir No. 2: Containing one hundred and twenty original designs in cottage and detail architecture." (S.B. Newman & Co., 1891).
* Barber, George F. "Art in Architecture,: With the modern architectural designer for those who wish to build or beautify their homes." (S.B. Newman; 2d ed edition, 1902).External links
* http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/tn/knox/state2.html
* [http://www.bma1915.com/page.asp?pid=5&id=6 BarberMcMurry website: history]
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