Fairfax (White Pine, Tennessee)

Historic house in Tennessee, United States

United States historic place

Coordinates36°4′4″N 83°15′9″W / 36.06778°N 83.25250°W / 36.06778; -83.25250

Area7 acres (2.8 ha)

Built1840 (1840)


Fairfax
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fairfax in 2015
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Location	White Pine, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates	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 No.	73001795^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1973^[2]

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

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

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↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
1 2 "Fairfax". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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.
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- 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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