Martin Cheairs House

The Martin Cheairs House is a historic mansion in Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA.

Martin Cheairs House
The Martin Cheairs House in 2009
LocationU.S. 31, Spring Hill, Tennessee
Coordinates35°44′53″N 86°55′54″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1851 (1851)
Built byNathan Vaught
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.76001787[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

History

The mansion was built in the 1850s for Martin Cheairs,[2] whose brother lived at the Rippavilla Plantation.[3] Both mansions were designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.

During the American Civil War, General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate States Army used the mansion as his headquarters (after he had left White Hall).[3] He was murdered in the house in 1863.[3]

Union Major General David S. Stanley used this house as his headquarters on the night of November 29, 1864, as his Fourth Army Corps pressed north, toward Franklin, Tennessee.[4]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 12, 1976.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Cheairs, Martin, House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Martin Cheairs House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  4. Jacobson, Eric A. (2014) 'Hood's Tennessee Campaign', Blue & Gray Magazine Vol 30, No. 4, p. 55.


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