Benjamine Rucker House | |
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| Nearest city | Compton, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°55′14″N86°19′51″W / 35.92056°N 86.33083°W Coordinates: 35°55′14″N86°19′51″W / 35.92056°N 86.33083°W |
| Area | 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1832 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, I-house |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000223 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1991 |
The Benjamine Rucker House is a historic mansion in Rutherford County, Tennessee, U.S..
The house was built in 1832 for Benjamine Rucker, who inherited 300 acres from his father, settler James Rucker. [2] Rucker was the owner of 200 slaves. [2] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the house was ransacked by the Union Army. [2] After the war, it was inherited by his daughter Sophie and her husband, Colonel William Francis Betty. [2] Their daughter, Willie Betty Newman, became a painter in Paris and Nashville.
The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 28, 1991. [3]
Stratford Hall is a historic house museum near Lerty in Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was the plantation house of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia. Stratford Hall is the boyhood home of two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), and Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734–1797). Stratford Hall is also the birthplace of Robert Edward Lee (1807–1870), who served as General-in-Chief of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The Stratford Hall estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960, under the care of the National Park Service in the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The Miles Brewton House is a National Historic Landmark residential complex located in Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the finest examples of a double house in Charleston, designed on principles articulated by Andrea Palladio. Located on two acres, its extensive collection of dependencies makes it one of the most complete Georgian townhouse complexes in America. The house was built ca. 1765-1769 for Miles Brewton, a wealthy slave trader and planter.
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Everhope, known throughout most of its history as the Captain Nathan Carpenter House and more recently as Twin Oaks Plantation, is a historic plantation house near Eutaw, Alabama. Completed in 1853 for Nathan Mullin Carpenter, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage due to its architectural and historical significance.
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The McCrory-Mayfield House is a historic log house in Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in 1798 by Thomas McCrory, a settler and veteran of the American Revolution. Thomas came to Tennessee to claim some of the land granted by the United States government to his late father, Captain Thomas McCrory who died from wounds inflicted at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
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