Mordecai Puryear House

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Mordecai Puryear House
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Location Lewisburg Pike, 2/10 mi. N of Henpeck Ln., Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°52′25″N86°50′35″W / 35.87361°N 86.84306°W / 35.87361; -86.84306 Coordinates: 35°52′25″N86°50′35″W / 35.87361°N 86.84306°W / 35.87361; -86.84306
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built c. 1830
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Federal, central hall plan
MPS Williamson County MRA [1]
NRHP reference # 88000340 [2]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1988

The Mordecai Puryear House is a center-hall house in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, built around 1830. Mordecai Puryear was one of the ten original investors in the National Bank of Franklin in 1871. The bank "was one of the primary financial institutions of the county" until it failed in 1926. [1] :30

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.

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. At the time of listing it included two contributing buildings on an area of 4 acres (1.6 ha). [2] The house has been included in a tour of historic Franklin houses. [3]

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.

The house was built circa 1830 and was expanded twice, around 1850 and in 1907. [2] [3]

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