James Bradley House | |
 The James Bradley House in 2010 | |
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| Location | Lovers Lane, Dixon Springs, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 36°20′36″N86°2′35″W / 36.34333°N 86.04306°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | c. 1805 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002637 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1978 |
The James Bradley House is a historic house on a Southern plantation in Dixon Springs, Tennessee, United States.
The house is located on Lovers Lane in Dixon Springs, a small town in Smith County, Tennessee. [2] [3] [4]
The 367-acree plantation belonged to William Sanders, a planter. [3] In the 1790s, James Bradley, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, moved from Caswell County, North Carolina to Smith County, Tennessee, and purchased the plantation from Sanders. [3] Bradley owned 55 African slaves. [3]
By 1805, Bradley commissioned the construction of this two-story house in the Federal architectural style. [3] [4] It was built with red bricks, with the green gable roof made with limestone. [3] The roof has a chimney on each side. [3]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 18, 1978. [2]
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