Spencer Buford House

The Spencer Buford House is a property in Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The main house was built about 1813. The property is also known as Roderick, in honor of the horse Roderick, a favorite horse of Confederate cavalry and irregular forces Nathan Bedford Forrest.[1]:25

Spencer Buford House
House in 2015
LocationUS 31 1/2 mi. S of Critz Ln., Thompsons Station, Tennessee
Coordinates35°48′32″N 86°53′50″W
Area6.4 acres (2.6 ha)
Builtc. 1820
Architectural styleFederal, Side passage plan
MPSWilliamson County MRA[1]
NRHP reference No.88000346 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1988
Removed from NRHPNovember 19, 2015

It was a two-story brick side Side passage plan farmhouse built c.1820. It is unusual in Williamson County for the side passage plan. Its "doorway displays excellent Federal detailing."[3] It was built of bricks made by slaves in kiln on the farm.[4]

Besides the house the property included one non-contributing building. The listing was for an area of 6.4 acres (2.6 ha).[2]

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

In November 2015 the house was evaluated as having lost its historic integrity, because it had been altered with "unsympathetic" additions that subsumed much of the original house, and yet lost the interior details in the original portion retained.[4]

It was removed from the National Register in 2015.[5]

References
  1. "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. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County: Spencer Buford House (WM-732)". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2018. With 11 photos from 1987.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places Evaluation/Return Sheet" (PDF). November 19, 2015.
  5. "Removed". 2015.


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