Hamilton Place (Columbia, Tennessee)

Hamilton Place is an antebellum plantation house in Maury County, Tennessee, near Columbia.

Hamilton Place
Hamilton Place (Columbia, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Hamilton Place (Columbia, Tennessee)
Hamilton Place (Columbia, Tennessee) is located in the United States
Hamilton Place (Columbia, Tennessee)
Nearest cityColumbia, Tennessee
Coordinates35°34′18″N 87°9′11″W
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1832
Built byNathan Vaught
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian
NRHP reference No.73001812[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1973

The house was completed in 1832. It was built for Lucius Junius Polk, a wealthy cotton planter who served as a state senator and later as Tennessee's adjutant-general,[2][3][4] by master builder Nathan Vaught.[1] The Palladian design of its front facade is based on Palladio's design for the Villa Pisani at Montagnana. The interior floor plan was loosely based on the White House floor plan, and an interior arcade is styled after a design by Brunelleschi for a hospital in Florence, Italy.[2]

Hamilton Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] It is across the highway from Rattle and Snap, the house built in 1845 for Lucius J. Polk's brother George Washington Polk.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Hamilton Place". Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
  3. Parker, Caresse M. (February 25, 1971). "Yeatman-Polk Papers, 1804–1970" (PDF). Tennessee State Library and Archives.
  4. "Hamilton Place". Maury County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.


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