Squirewood Hall

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Squirewood Hall
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Spirewood Hall (side view) in 2015
Squirewood Hall is located in Tennessee
Squirewood Hall
LocationCherokee Dr., Dandridge, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°W / 36.01528; -83.42222Coordinates: 36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°W / 36.01528; -83.42222
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1858
NRHP reference No.73001793[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1973[2]

Squirewood Hall, later known as Hampton House, is a historic house in Dandridge, Tennessee, US.

History[]

The two-story house was completed in 1858.[3] It was built with red bricks for Judge James Preston Swann (1819–1884).[4] A Southern Unionist, Swann represented Jefferson County at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.[5] He served as a state circuit court judge in the years following the war.[6]

Architectural significance[]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 16, 1973.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Squirewood Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hampton House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015. Associated photos.
  4. ^ Morristown (TN) Gazette, 19 March 1884, p. 3.
  5. ^ Oliver Perry Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War (R. Clark Company, 1899), pp. 349-351, 572.
  6. ^ Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 182.


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