Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)

for the Mississippian culture mounds site known as Old Town, see Old Town (Franklin, Tennessee)
Old Town
Nearest city Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°59′37″N 86°56′10″W / 35.99361°N 86.93611°WCoordinates: 35°59′37″N 86°56′10″W / 35.99361°N 86.93611°W
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.

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ The Williamson County MRA gives a date of 1842; NRIS gives the date as 1846; McGuinness gives the date as "circa 1854."
  3. ↑ 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".
  4. ↑ Kelly McGuinness. "Old Town". FranklinIs.com website. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://books.google.com/books?id=z6ntnxM0s20C&pg=PA139, page 139.
  6. ↑ Prehistoric and Pioneer Settlement, Historic Nashville, Inc. website, accessed March 21, 2011