Copeland Whitfield House

The Copeland-Whitfield House is a historic mansion in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S..

Copeland Whitfield House
The Copland Whitfield House in 2015
Nearest cityPulaski, Tennessee
Coordinates35°10′21″N 87°0′59″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1835 (1835)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.88001021[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1988

History

The house was built as a log house in the 1830s for Copeland Whitfield, a settler and slaveholder from Virginia.[2] Whitfield lived in the house with his first wife, Susan Harwell, and later with his second wife, Nancy Adell Butler.[2] By 1847, the house was redesigned in the Greek Revival architectural style.[2]

During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Whitfield was hanged by members of the Union Army, but he survived.[2] After his 1891 death, his widow lived in the house until 1904.[2] Their son, Copeland George Whitfield, lived in the house with his wife, Ella May Cardin, until his death in 1946; his widow lived here until 1980.[2] It was inherited by members of the same family.[2]

The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 7, 1988.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Whitfield, Copeland, House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  3. "Whitfield, Copeland, House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 27, 2016.


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