Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee)

Cedar Grove
Nearest city Brownsville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°40′19″N 89°23′38″W / 35.67194°N 89.39389°W / 35.67194; -89.39389Coordinates: 35°40′19″N 89°23′38″W / 35.67194°N 89.39389°W / 35.67194; -89.39389
Area 4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 80003833[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 29, 1980
Removed from NRHP July 25, 2018

Cedar Grove, near Brownsville, Tennessee, also known as Holloway-Morey House is a one-and-a-half-story cottage which was built in c.1850. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was delisted in 2018.[1]

It has Greek Revival architecture, specifically its one-story pedimented portico with four square Tuscan columns, and its door with head and side lights (windows).[2]

Yellow poplar wood was used in its mortise-and-tenon frame construction, in its weatherboard siding, and in its wide plank floors.[2]

At its NRHP listing in 1980 it was on a 4.3 acres (1.7 ha) property; it was once the center of a 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) plantation.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Morey, Jr. (July 25, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove / Holloway-Morey House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2017. With eight photos from 1979.


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