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Tennessee state historian John Trotwood Moore once called Blount Mansion "the most important historical spot in Tennessee." [3] The house is a wood-frame home sheathed in wood siding, built with materials brought from North Carolina in an era when most homes in Tennessee were log cabins. The two-story central portion of the home is the oldest ...
Watt designed some buildings himself, but usually used four architects to execute his plans, namely Walter Aston, John Brooke, Harry S. Fairhurst, and William Longworth. [2] In 1898 Watt bought a tannery on Drury Lane, to the north of the town centre, and with Fairhurst, adapted the buildings into a laundry and cottages.
The property is owned by the state of Tennessee and its official name is the Wynnewood State Historic Site, it includes an 1828 former inn that is the largest existing log structure in Tennessee. The property is operated by the Historic Castalian Springs under an agreement with the Tennessee Historical Commission .
and William Aston A cubital block with a tower surmounted by a green dome. In three storeys; originally with stabling in the ground floor, a caretaker's flat in the centre, and the reading room at the top, accessed by an outside staircase. [15] [16] High Morland and Harding House, Legh Road
The house, which was completed in 1854 (when its site was part of Blount County, Tennessee), is a two-story wooden frame farmhouse with nine rooms arranged in an ell-shaped layout. [2] It is a vernacular design that exhibits Federal influences in its three-bay front facade and pedimented front entrance. [3] The house has five fireplaces. [2] [3]
William H. Wood, American labor union leader, first president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–1890 William Wood (trade unionist, born 1873) (1873–1956), British trade union leader
By 1920, Moses McKissack had acquired design clients throughout Nashville. In 1912, he married Miranda P. Winter, together they had six sons. [1] [13] In 1921, after the state of Tennessee instituted a registration law for architects, the McKissack brothers became two of the first registered architects in the state. [7]
West Tennessee is the smallest of the state's three Grand Divisions, and has a land area of approximately 10,650 square miles (27,600 km 2), about 25.8% of the state's total land area. The region is bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, and the Tennessee River to the east, except for in Hardin County , which is bisected by the Tennessee ...