Oak Top
Oak Top | |
![]() Location within Tennessee ![]() Location within the United States | |
| Location | 107 Madison Terrace, Clarksville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°31′21″N 87°20′15″W / 36.52250°N 87.33750°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1850s |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003850[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1980 |
Oak Top, also known as The Smith Place, is a historic mansion in Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built in the 1850s for Thomas W. Wisdom, a county judge.[2] From 1869 to 1890, it was owned by Sterling Beaumont, a tobacco industrialist and banker.[2]
The house was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 8, 1980.[1]
Notable owners
- Francis Gracey Childers (1890–1921)[3]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Shain Terrell (April 7, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oak Top / The Smith Place". National Park Service. Retrieved April 23, 2018. With accompanying eight photos from 1980
- ↑ Whatley, Kevin; Collins, Deborah L. (2011). "The Gilded Age and Progressive Era in the American South: A Critical Biographic and Historiographical Analysis of Francis Gracey Childers (1860–1921)". Vanderbilt University Press. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
Categories:
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Tennessee
- Greek Revival houses in Tennessee
- Houses completed in 1855
- Buildings and structures in Clarksville, Tennessee
- Houses in Montgomery County, Tennessee
- 1855 establishments in Tennessee
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubs

