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Old Town
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| Nearest city: | Franklin, Tennessee |
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| Area: | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built: | 1846 |
| Architect: | Lilly,Pryor |
| Architectural style: | Greek Revival, Central passage plan |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Williamson County MRA (WM-397) |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88000324[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 14, 1988 |
Old Town, also known as the Thomas Brown House, is a house in Franklin, Tennessee at Old Town that was built by Thomas Brown some time between 1842 and 1854.[2] It is a two-story frame structure built on an "I-House" plan, an example of vernacular architecture showing Greek Revival influences. The Thomas Brown House is among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with the William King House, the Alpheus Truett House, the Claiborne Kinnard House, the Beverly Toon House, and the Stokely Davis House).[3]:42[4]
It was located on the Harpeth River branch of the Natchez Trace.
Singer Jimmy Buffett owned the house in the late 1980s.[5]
It is built amidst[5][6] and named for, Old Town, a village site of Mississippian culture with mounds. It is located near Old Town Bridge, the remains of a Natchez Trace bridge.
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