The Stokely Davis House (also known as Fairmount) was built in 1850 and included Italianate architecture and Greek Revival architecture.
Stokely Davis House | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city | Franklin, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°0′2″N 86°56′13″W / 36.00056°N 86.93694°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Greek Revival, Central passage plan |
| MPS | Williamson County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000294[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1988 |
| Removed from NRHP | July 15, 2015[2] |
The house was among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with William King House, Alpheus Truett House, Claiborne Kinnard House, Beverly Toon House, and Old Town, a.k.a. Thomas Brown House).[3]: 42
It had a two-story portico with Doric columns, and a two-story frame addition to the rear. Its central hall plan interior included Greek Revival-influenced original fireplace mantles with architrave molding and original doors with architrave moldings. Photography was not allowed in the interior, as of its listing.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
On the early morning of January 28, 2014, it burned down.[5]
It was removed from the National Register on July 15, 2015.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Weekly listings". National Park Service. July 24, 2015.
- ^ 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".
- ^ Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Tennessee Multiple Property Form: Stokely Davis House (WM-46) / Fairmount". National Park Service. Retrieved May 21, 2018. With accompanying (exterior-only) photos from 1987
- ^ Burch, Bonnie (January 28, 2014). "Antebellum home on Old Natchez Trace lost in flames". The Tennessean.