Fairfax (White Pine, Tennessee)

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Fairfax
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Fairfax in 2015
Fairfax (White Pine, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Fairfax (White Pine, Tennessee)
LocationWhite Pine, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates36°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
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1840 (1840)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.73001795[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Fairfax". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Fairfax: Old South Reborn". The Kingsport News. Kingsport, Tennessee. August 4, 1966. p. 18. Retrieved November 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ *Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. TN-1971, "Isaac Franklin House, U.S. Route 25 East, White Pine, Jefferson County, TN"


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