Boxwood, also known as the Thomas J.B. Turner House, is an antebellum plantation house in southwestern Rutherford County, Tennessee, near Murfreesboro in the historic Salem community.
Boxwood | |
 The plantation house | |
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| Nearest city | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°48′37″N 86°27′9″W / 35.81028°N 86.45250°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, vernacular Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000139[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 1984 |
The house was built by Thomas J. B. Turner and his wife, Sarah Jetton Turner, and completed in 1843.[2] It is a two-story brick house built on an I-house plan. Greek Revival architectural influences characteristic of antebellum architecture are evident in its design, which features a divided pedimented portico with square Doric columns and a balustrade.[2] The name of the house derives from the boxwood plantings on the grounds, which are said to have originated with plants that Turner brought to Tennessee in a powder horn.[2]
The Union Army occupied Boxwood during the Civil War.[2]
Boxwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Boxwood Plantation Opening Doors to History for APTA fundraiser". The Tennessean. July 14, 2014. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014.
