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This is a subpage of Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues, split out because that page is too large. See that page for an explanation of how this page works. See National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee for the current state list.

Property names edit

It was reasonable to assume there was a typo but in fact that is not the case. This has been discussed at Talk:Jonesboro Historic District (Jonesborough, Tennessee) and at a wp:TENN discussion linked from there. I collected the NRHP registration document for this district and verified it was in fact listed as "Jonesboro Historic District". The locals renamed the larger town from Jonesboro to Jonesborough sometime after the NRHP listing. There's no evidence that the historic district name was changed. A local "Historic Jonesborough" organization exists and promotes the larger town, but avoids mention of the historic district and its borders and its name. It is within the means of that organization to change the NRHP listing name with the National Register, but there is no evidence it has ever made such a change. So, the name is "Jonesboro Historic District". More discussion if needed should occur at the Talk page of the article. --doncram 14:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Trinity United Methodist Curch near Franklin: correct "Curch" to "Church". Nyttend (talk) 03:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Alternate name for Old Town (NRIS refnum 88000324) in Franklin is given in NRIS as William Brown House, but sources (including the MPS submission) call it "Thomas Brown House." --Orlady (talk) 23:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
But there be several valid alternative names. I am expecting to receive NRHP docs for this soon, which should shed light on the facts here. --doncram 14:32, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Warner Park Historic District is mis-entered in NRIS as "Warner Park Historic Park". The "District" name appears in Williamson County MRA document and in Nashville ordinance. It appears to be merely an NRIS typo. However the NRHP docs have not been obtained. --doncram 14:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Demolished but still listed edit

Nyttend (talk) 21:26, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These are Native American archaeological sites that were listed shortly before the reservoir was filled. I don't believe that they are considered to be destroyed by their submergence -- they are merely underwater. --Orlady (talk) 15:22, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Douglass High School (Memphis, Tennessee) is noted as still being listed, but the weekly update on 11/9/2007 lists it as "removed". The NRHP database file has it "listed" on that date, with no delisting. Article itself notes that the site was torn down in 2006. 25or6to4 (talk) 08:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church-McKenzie (a former NRIS-only article that I expanded) probably has been demolished. The congregation moved to a new building, Google street view doesn't show any Gothic churches at this site, and http://hpdb.org/19375?tab=location indicates that it is no longer there. --Orlady (talk) 03:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Town location issues edit

Street address issues edit

Coordinates issues edit

NOTE: COORDINATES corrections should just be made directly and need not be reported here. They will probably not be reported to the National Register. Note the coordinates in the Elkman version of NRIS database are merged in from one version of the National Register's coordinates that is not their latest. They are usually pretty good, but obviously have errors, both gross ones and minor spacing ones due to the 1985 coordinates system geo change. --doncram (talk) 14:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thomas Addition Historic District in Sevierville is listed at 0°0′0″N 85°29′19″W / 0.00000°N 85.48861°W / 0.00000; -85.48861; a much better location is 35°51′49″N 85°33′37″W / 35.86361°N 85.56028°W / 35.86361; -85.56028 (Thomas Addition Historic District). Nyttend (talk) 12:04, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fifteen sites in the Memphis area (listed below) are listed with coords of 84ºW rather than 90º, placing them in western North Carolina. Latitude is correct, and the minutes and seconds of longitude I believe are correct: hence replacing "84" with "90" in all of them should correct the problem.
    • Collins Chapel CME Church and Site
    • Evergreen Historic District
    • First Colored Baptist Church
    • Graceland
    • L.C. Humes, High School
    • Lauderdale Courts Public Housing Project
    • Lt. George W. Lee House
    • LeMoyne Gardens Public Housing Project
    • Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ
    • Newton Copeland Richards House
    • Shadowlawn Historic District
    • Speedway Terrace Historic District
    • Tri State Iron Works
    • Vollintine Evergreen Historic District
    • Zion Cemetery

Thanks for the above, but coordinates corrections probably do not need to be listed. See note inserted at top of this section, and main wp:NRIS info issues page. --doncram (talk) 14:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Architect, builder, engineer issues edit

  • Barber & Klutz, based in [[Knoxville, Tennessee was an architectural firm that produced pattern books used across the United States. There seems to have been typos either in NRIS data entry or in usage in the real world. NRIS uses "Barber & Klutz" for some "Barber & Kluttz" for others.
Barber & Kluttz
  1. One or more works in Charnwood Residential Historic District, roughly bounded by E Houston, RR tracks, E Wells, S Donnybrook, E Dobbs, and S Broadway, Tyler, Texas (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[1]
  2. George Ferris Mansion, 607 W. Maple St., Rawlins, Wyoming (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[2]
  3. James L. Fleming House, 302 S. Greene St., Greenville, North Carolina (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[2]
  4. Orth C. Galloway House, 504 Park St., Clarendon, Arkansas (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[2]
  5. One or more works in Greenville Commercial Historic District, roughly, Main St. from Walnut to Poplar Sts., Greenville, MS (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[3]
  6. One or more works in North Main Street Historic District (Mocksville, North Carolina), roughly Main St. from Church St. to Mocksville city limits, Mocksville, Carolina (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[2]
  7. Dred and Ellen Yelverton House, 1979 NC 222 E., Fremont, North Carolina (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed[2]
Barber & Kluttz
  1. Annamede, RD 1, Box 126, US 19, Walkersville, West Virginia (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed[2]
  2. Robert L. Covington House, 240 S. Extension St., Hazlehurst, Mississippi (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed[3]
  3. Fairchild House, 302 S. Main St., Monticello, Kentucky (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed[1]
  4. First National Bank of Greenville, Main and S. Poplar Sts., Greenville, Mississippi (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed[2]
  5. Lonnie A. Pope House, Jackson St. and Central of Georgia RR tracks, Douglas, Georgia (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed[2]

I think the "Barber & Klutz" usage is correct from the Yelverton House listing, which was recently a featured NRHP listing. --doncram 01:30, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Western State Hospital Historic District: one of its architects is listed in NRIS as "Hendrick,Wyatt C.,Inc." This NRIS data entry has a typo as the NRHP nomination document is clear that this is Wyatt C. Hedrick (with no "N"). He designed the Psychopathic Hospital (1932), later known as the Polk Building, within the district. (James B. Jones and Claudette Stager (April 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Western State Hospital Historic District / Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar / Western State Psychiatric Hospital / Western Mental Health Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2017. With 38 photos from 1987.) --doncram 15:31, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Other information issues edit

Dates edit

  • Sabine Hill, Elizabethton - NRIS gives a completion date of 1796, but this is clearly wrong. Every source I've found agrees that construction started some time after the War of 1812. --Orlady (talk) 19:39, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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