Nathaniel Smithson House

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Nathaniel Smithson House

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Nathaniel Smithson House, September 2014.
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Location Peytonsville-Bethesda Rd., Peytonsville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°49′06″N86°46′37″W / 35.81834°N 86.777°W / 35.81834; -86.777 Coordinates: 35°49′06″N86°46′37″W / 35.81834°N 86.777°W / 35.81834; -86.777
Area 3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built c.1840 and c.1880
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Italianate, Central passage plan
MPS Williamson County MRA [1]
NRHP reference # 88000353 [2]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1988

The Nathaniel Smithson House is a property in Peytonsville, Tennessee, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [2]

Peytonsville, Tennessee Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States

Peytonsville is an unincorporated community in Williamson County, Tennessee. Peytonsville is located near Interstate 840 8.9 miles (14.3 km) southeast of Franklin. The Nathaniel Smithson House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Peytonsville.

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 is a two-story brick central passage plan house, built c.1840. The front facade has brick is laid in Flemish bond and a one-story Italianate-style porch added in c. 1880. Brick elsewhere is laid in five course common bond. [3]

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

When listed the property included two contributing buildings and one non-contributing building on an area of 3.2 acres (1.3 ha). [2] A one-story frame smokehouse built in c.1880, behind the main house, is the second contributing building. A one-story c.1900 frame building which served as a store elsewhere was moved to the property later was deemed non-contributing. [3]

Smokehouse building where meat or fish is cured with smoke

A smokehouse or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more. Even when smoke is not used, such a building—typically a subsidiary building—is sometimes referred to as a "smoke house." When smoke is not used, the term "meat house" is common.

The NRHP eligibility of the property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources. [1]

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