Owen-Primm House

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Owen-Primm House
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Owen-Primm House, October 2014.
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Location Moores Ln. at Wilson Pike, Brentwood, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°58′1″N86°46′46″W / 35.96694°N 86.77944°W / 35.96694; -86.77944 Coordinates: 35°58′1″N86°46′46″W / 35.96694°N 86.77944°W / 35.96694; -86.77944
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built c.1806, c.1845 and c.1900
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Greek Revival, Central passage plan
MPS Williamson County MRA [1]
NRHP reference # 88000328 [2]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1988

The Owen-Primm House was originally a log cabin built by Jabez Owen in c.1806, and later expanded with wood framing by Thomas Perkins Primm in c.1845. [3] This property in Brentwood, Tennessee was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Brentwood, Tennessee City in Tennessee, United States

Brentwood is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, located in Williamson County. The population was 37,060 as of the 2010 U.S. Census, and estimated at 40,982 in 2014.

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.

Dr. Jabez Owen was a prominent physician and planter in Brentwood who owned hundreds of acres around Moores Lane, Wilson Pike, and Concord Road. Dr. Owen was one of the wealthiest men in Williamson County, and at his death in 1850 he owned 58 slaves. [4] Some of these antebellum slave cabins still stand on the property today. [5]

It was built or has other significance in c.1806, c.1845, and c.1900. It includes Central passage plan and other architecture. [2]

When listed the property included four contributing buildings and two contributing structures on an area of 1.8 acres (0.73 ha). [2]

The outbuildings include a pair of c.1845 log slave cabins with a shared stone chimney, square notching and original vertical board doors; a c. 1920 stone springhouse, a frame barn with weatherboard siding from c.1920, a frame garage from c.1930; a frame shed from c.1930. [6]

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

The Primm farm's former slave cabins were potentially to be preserved, but one plan failed in 2018. [7]

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