Knight-Moran House

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Knight--Moran House
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Nearest city Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°0′55″N86°56′18″W / 36.01528°N 86.93833°W / 36.01528; -86.93833 Coordinates: 36°0′55″N86°56′18″W / 36.01528°N 86.93833°W / 36.01528; -86.93833
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1820
MPS Williamson County MRA
NRHP reference # 88000295 [1]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1988

The Knight-Moran House, near Franklin, Tennessee, was built in 1820. Also known as Woodland, and denoted as WM-44. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

Franklin, Tennessee City in Tennessee, United States

Franklin is a city in, and the county seat of, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About 21 miles (34 km) south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2017, its estimated population was 78,321, and it is the seventh-largest city in Tennessee.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It is a double pen one-and-a-half-story log and frame house. Its east wing was built c.1820 by Winfield Knight as a single pen log house with stone foundation and stone chimney. A c.1840 log pen is joined by a breezeway. It has a c.1860 addition with a c.1960 extension. There are several interesting outbuildings. [2]

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