Gov. Prentice Cooper House | |
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| Location | 413 East Lane Street, Shelbyville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°29′6″N86°27′12″W / 35.48500°N 86.45333°W Coordinates: 35°29′6″N86°27′12″W / 35.48500°N 86.45333°W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001729 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 1975 |
The Gov. Prentice Cooper House is a historic house in Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S..
The house was built in 1904 for William Prentice Cooper, based on the design of a house he owned in Henderson, Kentucky. [2] Cooper Sr. served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1915 to 1916. [2] His son, Prentice Cooper, served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1923 until 1925 and in the Tennessee Senate from 1937 to 1939, and as the Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945; he was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Peru in 1946, and he served in this capacity until 1948. [2] By 1950, Cooper Jr still lived in the house with parents and his wife, although a new guesthouse was built for them by Peruvian builders in 1952. [2] By the 1970s, the house still belonged to the Cooper family, including his son Congressman Jim Cooper. [2]
The house was designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 5, 1975. [3]
Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It had a population of 20,335 residents at the 2010 census. Shelbyville, the county seat of Bedford County, was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819. The town is a hub of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry and has been nicknamed "The Walking Horse Capital of the World".
William Prentice Cooper Jr. was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 39th Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. He led the state's mobilization efforts for World War II, when over 300,000 Tennesseans joined the armed forces, and numerous defense-related facilities were established across the state. He later served as U.S. Ambassador to Peru (1946–1948), and chaired Tennessee's 1953 constitutional convention.
James Hayes Shofner Cooper is an American lawyer and politician who has served since 2003 as the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Blue Dog Coalition, and represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995. His district includes a large part of Nashville. He is the dean of Tennessee's congressional delegation.
William Prentice Cooper (1870–1961) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
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