Fairfax (White Pine, Tennessee)

Fairfax
Fairfax in 2015
Location White Pine, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates 36°4′4″N 83°15′9″W / 36.06778°N 83.25250°W / 36.06778; -83.25250Coordinates: 36°4′4″N 83°15′9″W / 36.06778°N 83.25250°W / 36.06778; -83.25250
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1840 (1840)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 73001795[1]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1973[2]

Fairfax is a historic mansion in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.

History

The mansion was completed in 1840.[3] It was built by Lawson D. Franklin (1801-1861), Tennessee's first millionaire, for his son, Isaac White Rodgers Franklin, Sr. (1827-1866).[3] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.[3]

Senator Herbert S. Walters grew up in this house.[4] By 1953, it was acquired by Thomas H. Berry and his wife, Ellen McClung.[4] They restored it a year later, in 1954.[4] They hired Irish painter James Reynolds to do the murals in the living-room.[4]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 13, 1973.[2] The house was surveyed and photographed for the Historic American Buildings Survey, where it is called the Isaac Franklin House.[5]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Fairfax". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Fairfax: Old South Reborn". The Kingsport News. Kingsport, Tennessee. August 4, 1966. p. 18. Retrieved November 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑


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