Newton Cannon House

Newton Cannon House
Newton Cannon House is located in Tennessee
Newton Cannon House
Location within Tennessee
Newton Cannon House is located in the United States
Newton Cannon House
Location within the United States
LocationTaliaferro Rd., College Grove, Tennessee
Coordinates35°48′59″N 86°39′01″W / 35.8165°N 86.6502°W / 35.8165; -86.6502
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1800 and c. 1820
NRHP reference No.84003741[1]
Removed from NRHPFebruary 9, 1987

The Newton Cannon House is a property in College Grove, Tennessee, that was the home of Newton Cannon, a U.S. Congressman and Governor of Tennessee. The earliest section of the building was built circa 1800 as a log structure.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the house was burned in an arson fire on January 27, 1987,[3] it was removed from the National Register.[1][2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Robert S. Brandt (1995), Touring the Middle Tennessee backroads, John F. Blair, Publisher. Pages 180-181.
  3. ↑ "4 men charged in arson of ex-governor's home". The Tennessean. January 28, 1987. p. B1. Retrieved August 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ 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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