Squirewood Hall
Appearance
Squirewood Hall | |
Location | Cherokee Dr., Dandridge, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1858 |
NRHP reference No. | 73001793[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 16, 1973[2] |
Squirewood Hall, later known as Hampton House, is a historic house in Dandridge, Tennessee, US.
History
[edit]The two-story house was completed in 1858.[3] It was built with red bricks for Judge James Preston Swann (1819–1884).[4] A Southern Unionist, Swann represented Jefferson County at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.[5] He served as a state circuit court judge in the years following the war.[6]
Architectural significance
[edit]It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 16, 1973.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Squirewood Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hampton House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015. Associated photos.
- ^ Morristown (TN) Gazette, 19 March 1884, p. 3.
- ^ Oliver Perry Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War (R. Clark Company, 1899), pp. 349-351, 572.
- ^ Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 182.