Martin Cheairs House

The Martin Cheairs House is a historic mansion in Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA.

Martin Cheairs House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Martin Cheairs House in 2009
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Location	U.S. 31, Spring Hill, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°44′53″N 86°55′54″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1851 (1851)
Built by	Nathan Vaught
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	76001787[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

History

The mansion was built in the 1850s for Martin Cheairs,[2] whose brother lived at the Rippavilla Plantation.[3] Both mansions were designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.

During the American Civil War, General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate States Army used the mansion as his headquarters (after he had left White Hall).[3] He was murdered in front of the house in 1863.[3]

Union Major General David S. Stanley used this house as his headquarters on the night of November 29, 1864, as his Fourth Army Corps pressed north, toward Franklin, Tennessee.[4]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 12, 1976.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Cheairs, Martin, House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Martin Cheairs House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
4. Jacobson, Eric A. (2014) 'Hood's Tennessee Campaign', Blue & Gray Magazine Vol 30, No. 4, p. 55.