Mooreland (Brentwood, Tennessee)
Mooreland is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee that was built c.1838 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Mooreland | |
 Mooreland, August 2014. | |
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| Location | Off U.S. 31, Brentwood, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°1′46″N 86°47′18″W |
| Area | 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) |
| Built | c.1838 |
| Architect | Moore, Robert Irvin |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001797 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1975 |
It was built by Robert Irvin Moore and includes Greek Revival architecture.[1]
It is one of about thirty "significant brick and frame residences" surviving in Williamson County that "were the center of large plantations " and display "some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era." It faces on the Franklin and Columbia Pike that ran south from Brentwood to Franklin to Columbia.[2]
See also
- Mountview, also on the pike north of Franklin and NRHP-listed[2]
- James Johnston House, also on the pike north of Franklin and NRHP-listed[2]
- Aspen Grove, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource[2]
- Thomas Shute House, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource[2]
- Alpheus Truett House, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource[2]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination". National Park Service.
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