Stokely Davis House

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Stokely Davis House
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Nearest city Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°0′2″N86°56′13″W / 36.00056°N 86.93694°W / 36.00056; -86.93694
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1850
Architectural styleItalianate, Greek Revival, Central passage plan
MPS Williamson County MRA
NRHP reference No. 88000294 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1988
Removed from NRHPJuly 15, 2015 [2]

The Stokely Davis House (also known as Fairmount) was built in 1850 and included Italianate architecture and Greek Revival architecture.

The house was among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with William King House, Alpheus Truett House, Claiborne Kinnard House, Beverly Toon House, and Old Town, a.k.a. Thomas Brown House). [3] :42

It had a two-story portico with Doric columns, and a two-story frame addition to the rear. Its central hall plan interior included Greek Revival-influenced original fireplace mantles with architrave molding and original doors with architrave moldings. Photography was not allowed in the interior, as of its listing. [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

On the early morning of January 28, 2014, it burned down. [5]

It was removed from the National Register on July 15, 2015. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Weekly listings". National Park Service. July 24, 2015.
  3. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties)], National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination".
  4. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Tennessee Multiple Property Form: Stokely Davis House (WM-46) / Fairmount". National Park Service . Retrieved May 21, 2018. With accompanying (exterior-only) photos from 1987
  5. Burch, Bonnie (January 28, 2014). "Antebellum home on Old Natchez Trace lost in flames". The Tennessean.