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| Location | 2618 Pulaski Hwy. |
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| Nearest city | Fayetteville, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35°12′01″N86°43′03″W / 35.20028°N 86.71750°W Coordinates: 35°12′01″N86°43′03″W / 35.20028°N 86.71750°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003985 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 25, 1982 |
The Childress House is a historic house in Fayetteville, Tennessee. It was built for the Childress family in the 1820s. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house was built in 1825 for Reps Osborne Childress, a settler whose father had received a land grant for his service in the American Revolutionary War. [2] Childress had a wife, Sarah, and eight children. After his death, the house was inherited by his son Marion Childress, who served as a major during the American Civil War. [2] By the 1980s, it belonged to a descendant of the Childress family, Fred M. Lamon Jr. [2]
The portico, with two columns, was built in the 1840s. [2] The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 25, 1982. [1]
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