Rice-Marler House

Rice-Marler House
Location Goodfield Valley Rd., Decatur, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°28′42″N 84°50′07″W / 35.47833°N 84.83528°W / 35.47833; -84.83528 (Rice-Marler House)Coordinates: 35°28′42″N 84°50′07″W / 35.47833°N 84.83528°W / 35.47833; -84.83528 (Rice-Marler House)
Area 2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1856
MPS Meigs County, Tennessee MRA
NRHP reference # 82004007[1]
Added to NRHP July 6, 1982

The Rice-Marler House, in Decatur, Tennessee, was built in 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

It is a two-story frame house built upon a stone pier foundation, with a one-story rear ell. Its weatherboard exterior is covered with aluminum siding.[2]

The site includes foundation ruins of a slave cabin.[2]

The house is unusual as one of few I-houses in Meigs County, Tennessee which has a five-bay facade and gable end chimneys. It is also unusual for having graining on its interior doors and marbling on its mantlepieces.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tennessee Multiple Resource Nomination Survey: Rice-Marler House / Jones House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1979
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