Nathaniel Smithson House

The Nathaniel Smithson House is a property in Peytonsville, Tennessee, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[2]

Nathaniel Smithson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nathaniel Smithson House, September 2014.
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Location	Peytonsville-Bethesda Rd., Peytonsville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35.81834°N 86.777°W / 35.81834; -86.777
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	c.1840 and c.1880
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Italianate, Central passage plan
MPS	Williamson County MRA[1]
NRHP reference No.	88000353[2]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1988

The house is a two-story brick central passage plan house, built c.1840. The front facade has brick is laid in Flemish bond and a one-story Italianate-style porch added in c. 1880. Brick elsewhere is laid in five course common bond.[3]

When listed the property included two contributing buildings and one non-contributing building on an area of 3.2 acres (1.3 ha).[2] A one-story frame smokehouse built in c.1880, behind the main house, is the second contributing building. A one-story c.1900 frame building which served as a store elsewhere was moved to the property later was deemed non-contributing.[3]

The NRHP eligibility of the property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.[1]

References

1. 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.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. "Historic Resources of Williamson County: Smithson, Nathaniel, House (WM-354)". National Park Service. February 1988. Retrieved March 20, 2018. With eight photos from 1987.