Henegar House

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Henegar House
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Front of the Henegar House in Charleston, Tennessee.
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Location458 Market Street
Charleston, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°17′12″N84°45′17″W / 35.28667°N 84.75472°W / 35.28667; -84.75472
AreaLess than one acre
Built1849
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference No. 76001764 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1976

The Henegar House, also known as Ivy Hall, [2] is a historic house in Charleston, Tennessee. Constructed in 1849, it is the oldest remaining brick structure in Bradley County. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1976.

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History

The Henegar House was constructed on the former site of the military headquarters of Gen. Winfield Scott at Fort Cass by Henry Benton Henegar, who served as wagonmaster and secretary under Chief John Ross during the Cherokee Removal known as the Trail of Tears. [4] Henegar and his wife, Margaret Lea Henegar, returned to Charleston after the removal and constructed the home in 1849. [5] The home was designed by architect William Baumann, and constructed in the Federal-style architecture. [1]

During the Civil War, the home was used as headquarters for both Union and Confederate Generals including William T. Sherman, Oliver O. Howard, Marcus J. Wright, and Samuel Bolivar Buckner. [4] While Tennessee seceded and became part of the Confederacy, most of East Tennessee, including Bradley County, voted against secession and sympathized with the Union. Sherman spent the night at the house on Nov. 30, 1863, and it was there that he received orders to take command of a column of troops moving to relieve Knoxville. According to historic records, the back porch was the site of a tense conversation between Mrs. Henegar and Sherman, in which the general advised Mrs. Henegar, who was a supporter of the Confederacy, to leave the South for safety, claiming that "not even a bird would remain" in the south after he was finished. Mrs. Henegar rejected his advice and declared that she and her husband, who was a Unionist, would never leave. [4]

The Henegar House was listed on the NRHP on July 6, 1976. [1] The house was added as a site to the Tennessee sites in the Civil War Trails Association's national tour in 2010. [6] In November 2011 it was announced that painter Don Troiani had been commissioned by local businessman Allan Jones to paint the Henegar House. [7] The painting, titled "Sherman Leaving the Henegar House - December 1, 1863", was completed in 2012, and is housed in the nearby Hiwassee River Heritage Center. [8] The house was listed for sale in 2013. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System – Henegar House (#76001764)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Visit Bradley County Cleveland Tennessee". 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Henegar House Unveils Civil War Markers". The Chattanoogan . Chattanooga, Tennessee. April 16, 2010. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hopkins, Ashley (July 28, 2013). "History for sale: Historic home in Bradley County on the market". Nooga Today. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Henegar House". tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org. National Geographic. 2012. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  6. ↑ Higgins, Randall (April 21, 2010). "Honoring history". Chattanooga Times Free Press . Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Acclaimed Civil-War artist Troiani to paint historic Henegar House". Cleveland Daily Banner . Cleveland, Tennessee. November 27, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  8. ↑ Leach, Paul (May 16, 2013). "Hiwassee River Heritage Center to open". Chattanooga Times Free Press . Retrieved 2020-07-05.
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