Davis-Hull House

Davis-Hull Mansion

The Davis-Hull Mansion in 2010
Location 1004 North Main Street,
Carthage, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°15′35″N 85°57′06″W / 36.25964°N 85.95165°W / 36.25964; -85.95165Coordinates: 36°15′35″N 85°57′06″W / 36.25964°N 85.95165°W / 36.25964; -85.95165
Area 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built 1889 (1889)
Architect Calvin Davis
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 83003069[1]
Added to NRHP January 4, 1983

The Davis-Hull House is a historic house located at 1004 North Main Street in Carthage, Tennessee.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1983.[2]

Description and history

The land originally belonged to E. L. Gardenshire.[3] In 1889, it was sold to Calvin N. Davis, who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War and later worked as a merchant in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] In 1889, Davis moved to Carthage with his wife and eight children.[3] In Carthage, he was a co-founder of the Rewoda Milling Company and the Carthage Tobacco Works.[3]

Shortly after acquiring the land in 1889, Davis built this two-storey house.[3][4] It was designed in the Victorian architectural style.[3][4]

The house was purchased by T. P. Bridges in 1900.[3] Four years later, in 1904, it was acquired by J. H. Officer.[3] Officer rented out rooms to Professor W. T. Call and his students at the adjacent Joseph W. Allen School.[3] (The school building was later demolished.)[3]

In 1906, the house was purchased by William Hull,[4] the father of Cordell Hull, who served as the United States Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944.[3] However, Secretary Hull only lived there in 1907.[3]

By 1914, the house was sold to Arthur H. Hackett.[3] It was purchased by Gladys Hackett Moore in 1920.[3] It was then acquired by his son in 1976.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Davis-Hull House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "National Register of Historic Places--Nomination Form: Davis-Hull House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Historic Attractions". Visit Smith County, Tennessee. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
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