Copeland Whitfield House | |
 The Copland Whitfield House in 2015 | |
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| Nearest city | Pulaski, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°10′21″N87°0′59″W / 35.17250°N 87.01639°W Coordinates: 35°10′21″N87°0′59″W / 35.17250°N 87.01639°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001021 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 7, 1988 |
The Copeland-Whitfield House is a historic mansion in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S..
The house was built as a log house in the 1830s for Copeland Whitfield, a settler and slaveholder from Virginia. [2] Whitfield lived in the house with his first wife, Susan Harwell, and later with his second wife, Nancy Adell Butler. [2] By 1847, the house was redesigned in the Greek Revival architectural style. [2]
During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Whitfield was hanged by members of the Union Army, but he survived. [2] After his 1891 death, his widow lived in the house until 1904. [2] Their son, Copeland George Whitfield, lived in the house with his wife, Ella May Cardin, until his death in 1946; his widow lived here until 1980. [2] It was inherited by members of the same family. [2]
The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 7, 1988. [3]
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