Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee)

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Cedar Grove
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Nearest city Brownsville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°40′19″N89°23′38″W / 35.67194°N 89.39389°W / 35.67194; -89.39389 Coordinates: 35°40′19″N89°23′38″W / 35.67194°N 89.39389°W / 35.67194; -89.39389
Area4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 80003833 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1980
Removed from NRHPJuly 25, 2018

Cedar Grove, near Brownsville, Tennessee, also known as Holloway-Morey House is a one-and-a-half-story cottage which was built in c.1850. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was delisted in 2018. [1]

It has Greek Revival architecture, specifically its one-story pedimented portico with four square Tuscan columns, and its door with head and side lights (windows). [2]

Yellow poplar wood was used in its mortise-and-tenon frame construction, in its weatherboard siding, and in its wide plank floors. [2]

At its NRHP listing in 1980 it was on a 4.3 acres (1.7 ha) property; it was once the center of a 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) plantation. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Morey, Jr. (July 25, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove / Holloway-Morey House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 26, 2017. With eight photos from 1979.