Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)

Old Town
Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)
Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee) is located in the United States
Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)
Nearest cityFranklin, Tennessee
Coordinates35°59′37″N 86°56′10″W / 35.99361°N 86.93611°W / 35.99361; -86.93611
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1846
ArchitectLilly, Pryor
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Central passage plan
MPSWilliamson County MRA (WM-397)
NRHP reference No.88000324[1]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 1988

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.[2] 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).[3]: 42 [4]

It was located on the Harpeth River branch of the Natchez Trace.

Singer Jimmy Buffett owned the house in the late 1980s.[5]

It is built amidst[5][6] 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.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ The Williamson County MRA gives a date of 1842; NRIS gives the date as 1846; McGuinness gives the date as "circa 1854."
  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. ^ Kelly McGuinness. "Old Town". FranklinIs.com website. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Brandt, Robert (1995). Touring the Middle Tennessee Backroads. John F. Blair. ISBN 978-0-89587-129-9.
  6. ^ Prehistoric and Pioneer Settlement, Historic Nashville, Inc. website, accessed March 21, 2011