Old Town , also known as the Thomas Brown House , is a house in Franklin, Tennessee , United States, at the Old Town Archeological Site that was built by Thomas Brown starting in 1846. It is a two- story frame structure built on an "I-House" plan, an example of vernacular architecture showing Greek Revival influences. The Thomas Brown House is among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with the William King House , the Alpheus Truett House , the Claiborne Kinnard House , the Beverly Toon House , and the Stokely Davis House ).
6-412: Thomas Brown House may refer to: Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee) Thomas Brown House (Inwood, West Virginia) Col. Thomas Brown House , Preston County, West Virginia See also [ edit ] Brown House (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-532: A prominent farmer and purchased a large amount of land from William O'Neal Perkins in 1840. Brown began construction of this two-story frame house in 1846 with builder Prior Lilly acting as contractor. Little is known about Lilly but he is also the attributed contractor of the H.G.W. Mayberry House (MW-676), a brick central passage plan residence built ca. 1856. Thomas Brown was listed in 1860 with real estate valued at $ 25,000 and personal property of $ 34.500. At his death in 1870, he owned 546 acres of valuable land along
18-478: Is dentil molding. The main entrance has an original four panel frame door, two light sidelights with frame lower panels, and a two light transom. Dividing the door and sidelights are fluted Doric motif plasters. The door has rectangular frame panels and a dentilled cornice. On the central bay of the second story is an original door with features to match the main entrance. Windows on the main facade are original paired four-over-four sash with 19th century shutters. Over
24-458: The Harpeth River. Brown had six children and his daughter, Bethenia Brown Miller, lived at the house until her death in 1913. Old Town is a two-story frame central passage plan antebellum residence with Greek Revival detailing. On the main (east) facade is an original two-story portico with square columns and Doric capitals. On the second story balcony is a lattice railing and in the gable field
30-497: The title Thomas Brown House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brown_House&oldid=933206540 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee) It
36-519: Was located on the Harpeth River branch of the Natchez Trace . Singer Jimmy Buffett owned the house in the late 1980s. It is built amidst and named for, Old Town , a village site of Mississippian culture with mounds. It is located near Old Town Bridge , the remains of a Natchez Trace bridge. Thomas Brown was born in Virginia in 1800 and moved to Williamson County, Tennessee in 1822. Brown became
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