Dr. Beauregard Martin Brooks House

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Dr. Beauregard Martin Brooks House
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LocationTN 114 (Clifton Ferry Rd.) E of jct. with TN 69, Bath Springs, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°26′21″N88°5′21″W / 35.43917°N 88.08917°W / 35.43917; -88.08917 Coordinates: 35°26′21″N88°5′21″W / 35.43917°N 88.08917°W / 35.43917; -88.08917
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
Built byDr. Beauregard Martin Brooks
Architectural styleI-house
NRHP reference No. 92001074 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 3, 1992

The Dr. Beauregard Martin Brooks House is an historic landmark house in Bath Springs, Tennessee, United States. The house was built in 1900 by Beauregard Martin Brooks, a medical doctor, who was then setting up his practice in Bath Springs. The first two-story house to be built in Bath Springs, it contains seven rooms and two halls. There are porches on both the front and back. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] As of the first decade of the 21st century, it was still owned and occupied by members of the Brooks family. [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 Younger, Lillye. "Chapter IV: Antiquities, Natural Wonders and Trails". The History of Decatur County, Past and Present. tnyesterday.com.