Benajah Gray Log House

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Gray, Benajah, Log House
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The house in 2014
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Nearest city Cane Ridge, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°59′36″N86°37′31″W / 35.99333°N 86.62528°W / 35.99333; -86.62528
Area26 acres (11 ha)
Built1805 (1805)
Built byGray, Benajah
Architectural styleDouble pen log
NRHP reference No. 85001512 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 1985

The Benajah Gray Log House is a historic loghouse in Antioch, Tennessee, United States.

History

The land was granted to Lardner Clark in 1784. [2] In the early 1800s Benajay Gray, the son of American Revolutionary War veteran James Gray, purchased some acres of land. [2] He proceeded to build the log house by 1805. [2] By the 1870s, it had become a horsebreeding farm. [2] It was subsequently inherited by his descendants, [2] and in the 1980s it belonged to Gray's great-great-granddaughter, Ernestine Huffman. [2]

The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 11, 1985. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Benajah Gray Log House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. "Gray, Benajah, Log House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2016.