Rice-Marler House

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Rice-Marler House
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LocationGoodfield Valley Rd., Decatur, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°28′42″N84°50′07″W / 35.47833°N 84.83528°W / 35.47833; -84.83528 (Rice-Marler House)
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1856
MPS Meigs County, Tennessee MRA
NRHP reference No. 82004007 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1982

The Rice-Marler House, in Decatur, Tennessee, was built in 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

It is a two-story frame house built upon a stone pier foundation, with a one-story rear ell. Its weatherboard exterior is covered with aluminum siding. [2]

The site includes foundation ruins of a slave cabin. [2]

The house is unusual as one of few I-houses in Meigs County, Tennessee which has a five-bay facade and gable end chimneys. It is also unusual for having graining on its interior doors and marbling on its mantlepieces. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tennessee Multiple Resource Nomination Survey: Rice-Marler House / Jones House". National Park Service . Retrieved July 4, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1979