Childress House

Coordinates: 35°12′01″N 86°43′03″W / 35.20028°N 86.71750°W / 35.20028; -86.71750 (Childress House)
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Childress House
Childress House is located in Tennessee
Childress House
Location2618 Pulaski Hwy.
Nearest cityFayetteville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°12′01″N 86°43′03″W / 35.20028°N 86.71750°W / 35.20028; -86.71750 (Childress House)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1825 (1825)
NRHP reference No.82003985[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1982

The Childress House is a historic house in Fayetteville, Tennessee. It was built for the Childress family in the 1820s. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History[edit]

The house was built in 1825 for Reps Osborne Childress, a settler whose father had received a land grant for his service in the American Revolutionary War.[2] Childress had a wife, Sarah, and eight children. After his death, the house was inherited by his son Marion Childress, who served as a major during the American Civil War.[2] By the 1980s, it belonged to a descendant of the Childress family, Fred M. Lamon Jr.[2]

Architectural significance[edit]

The portico, with two columns, was built in the 1840s.[2] The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 25, 1982.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Childress House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2018. With accompanying pictures