Gov. Prentice Cooper House

The house was built in 1904 for William Prentice Cooper, based on the design of a house he owned in Henderson, Kentucky.^[2] Cooper Sr. served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1915 to 1916.^[2] His son, Prentice Cooper, served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1923 until 1925 and in the Tennessee Senate from 1937 to 1939, and as the Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945; he was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Peru in 1946, and he served in this capacity until 1948.^[2] By 1950, Cooper Jr still lived in the house with parents and his wife, although a new guesthouse was built for them by Peruvian builders in 1952.^[2] By the 1970s, the house still belonged to the Cooper family, including his son Congressman Jim Cooper.^[2]

The house was designed in the Victorian architectural style.^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 5, 1975.^[3]