Stokely Davis House

The Stokely Davis House (also known as Fairmount) was built in 1850 and included Italianate architecture and Greek Revival architecture.

Stokely Davis House
Nearest cityFranklin, Tennessee
Coordinates36°0′2″N 86°56′13″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1850
Architectural styleItalianate, Greek Revival, Central passage plan
MPSWilliamson County MRA
NRHP reference No.88000294[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1988
Removed from NRHPJuly 15, 2015[2]

The house was among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with William King House, Alpheus Truett House, Claiborne Kinnard House, Beverly Toon House, and Old Town, a.k.a. Thomas Brown House).[3]:42

It had a two-story portico with Doric columns, and a two-story frame addition to the rear. Its central hall plan interior included Greek Revival-influenced original fireplace mantles with architrave molding and original doors with architrave moldings. Photography was not allowed in the interior, as of its listing.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

On the early morning of January 28, 2014, it burned down.[5]

It was removed from the National Register on July 15, 2015.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Weekly listings". National Park Service. July 24, 2015.
  3. 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".
  4. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Tennessee Multiple Property Form: Stokely Davis House (WM-46) / Fairmount". National Park Service. Retrieved May 21, 2018. With accompanying (exterior-only) photos from 1987
  5. Burch, Bonnie (January 28, 2014). "Antebellum home on Old Natchez Trace lost in flames". The Tennessean.


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