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Wardlaw-Steele House

Coordinates: 35°44′31″N 89°31′59″W / 35.74194°N 89.53306°W / 35.74194; -89.53306
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Wardlaw-Steele House
Wardlaw-Steele House is located in Tennessee
Wardlaw-Steele House
Wardlaw-Steele House is located in the United States
Wardlaw-Steele House
Location128 Wardlaw Pl., Ripley, Tennessee
Coordinates35°44′31″N 89°31′59″W / 35.74194°N 89.53306°W / 35.74194; -89.53306
Area0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1842
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.80003844[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 1980

The Wardlaw-Steele House in Ripley, Tennessee was built in c.1842. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

It is a two-story Greek Revival wood-frame building with a two-story portico having six Ionic columns. It has 14 rooms, with eight fireplaces linked to three large chimneys.[2]

The original part of the house is supported by mortise-and-tenon-connected hand hewn 18 inches (0.46 m) square beams, and is insulated with raw cotton. The interior was renovated in Victorian style in about 1887. The eight fireplaces and mantels vary in style.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Stephen T. Rogers (September 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wardlaw-Steele House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 23, 2017. With eight photos from 1978.