Thomas Shute House is a property in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The property has also been known as Creekside.[1] It dates from at c.1845.[1] When listed the property included three contributing buildings, and two contributing structures on an area of 4.8 acres (1.9 ha).[1] The property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.[2] It is one of about thirty "significant brick and frame residences" surviving in Williamson County that were built during 1830 to 1860 and "were the center of large plantations " and display "some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era." It faces on the Franklin and Columbia Pike that ran south from Brentwood to Franklin to Columbia.[2]

Thomas Shute House
Thomas Shute House is located in Tennessee
Thomas Shute House
Thomas Shute House is located in the United States
Thomas Shute House
LocationUS 31/Franklin Rd. at Spencer Creek Rd., Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates35°57′11″N 86°51′11″W / 35.95306°N 86.85306°W / 35.95306; -86.85306
Area4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
Builtc. 1845, c. 1868 and c. 1900
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Central passage plan
MPSWilliamson County MRA[2]
NRHP reference No.88000367[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1988

See also edit

  • Mooreland, also on the pike north of Franklin and NRHP-listed[2]
  • James Johnston House, also on the pike north of Franklin and NRHP-listed[2]
  • Aspen Grove, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource[2]
  • Mountview, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource[2]
  • Alpheus Truett House, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.