Riverside Farm (Walter Hill, Tennessee)

Riverside Farm, also known as the Pierce-Randolph Farm, is a historic farmhouse in Walter Hill, Tennessee, U.S..

Riverside Farm
Nearest cityWalter Hill, Tennessee
Area13.6 acres (5.5 ha)
Built1831 (1831)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, I-house
MPSHistoric Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference No.06001132[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 2006

History

The main house was built circa 1831 for Alfred Pierce, a corn and cotton farmer who owned 23 slaves by 1860.[2] Several more buildings were erected on the farm.[2]

When it was purchased by Beverly Randolph, Jr. in 1871, several of Pierce's former slaves had become tenant farmers.[2] Randolph turned the property into a dairy farm.[2]

By the early 2000s, his descendant, Beverly Randolph Jones, had turned it into a hay farm.[2]

Architectural significance

The main house was designed as an I-house in the Greek Revival architectural style.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 12, 2006.[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: Riverside Farm". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  3. "Riverside Farm". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 30, 2018.


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