Owen-Primm House

The Owen-Primm House was originally a log cabin built by Jabez Owen c. 1806, and later expanded with wood framing by Thomas Perkins Primm c. 1845.[3] This property in Brentwood, Tennessee was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Owen-Primm House
Owen-Primm House, October 2014.
LocationMoores Ln. at Wilson Pike, Brentwood, Tennessee
Coordinates35°58′1″N 86°46′46″W
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Builtc. 1806, c. 1845 and c. 1900
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Central passage plan
MPSWilliamson County MRA[1]
NRHP reference No.88000328[2]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1988

Dr. Jabez Owen was a prominent physician and planter in Brentwood who owned hundreds of acres around Moores Lane, Wilson Pike, and Concord Road. Dr. Owen was one of the wealthiest men in Williamson County, and at his death in 1850 he owned 58 slaves.[4] Some of these antebellum slave cabins still stand on the property today.[5]

It was built or has other significance in c.1806, c.1845, and c.1900. It includes Central passage plan and other architecture.[2]

When listed the property included four contributing buildings and two contributing structures on an area of 1.8 acres (0.73 ha).[2]

The outbuildings include a pair of c.1845 log slave cabins with a shared stone chimney, square notching and original vertical board doors; a c. 1920 stone springhouse, a frame barn with weatherboard siding from c.1920, a frame garage from c.1930; a frame shed from c.1930.[6]

The property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.[1]

The Primm farm's former slave cabins were potentially to be preserved, but one plan failed in 2018.[7]

References
  1. 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". National Park Service.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. Brandt, Robert S. Touring the Middle Tennessee Backroads. 1995, p. 100
  4. "Owen's Blacksmith Shop". Brentwood Historical Society.
  5. "Old Fashioned Spring Picnic at Owen Primm House". Brentwood Historical Society.
  6. "Historic Resources of Williamson County: Owen-Primm House (WM-124)". National Park Service. Retrieved September 5, 2018. With accompanying 13 photos from 1987
  7. Elaina Sauber (September 5, 2018). "Plans to restore historic slave cabins in Brentwood hit snag". Nashville Tennessean.


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