Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee)

Coordinates: 35°40′19″N 89°23′38″W / 35.67194°N 89.39389°W / 35.67194; -89.39389
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee)
Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee) is located in the United States
Cedar Grove (Brownsville, Tennessee)
Nearest cityBrownsville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°40′19″N 89°23′38″W / 35.67194°N 89.39389°W / 35.67194; -89.39389
Area4.3 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1850
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.80003833[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1980
Removed from NRHPJuly 25, 2018

Cedar Grove, near Brownsville, Tennessee, also known as Holloway-Morey House is a one-and-a-half-story cottage which was built in c.1850. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was delisted in 2018.[1]

It has Greek Revival architecture, specifically its one-story pedimented portico with four square Tuscan columns, and its door with head and side lights (windows).[2]

Yellow poplar wood was used in its mortise-and-tenon frame construction, in its weatherboard siding, and in its wide plank floors.[2]

At its NRHP listing in 1980 it was on a 4.3 acres (1.7 ha) property; it was once the center of a 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) plantation.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Morey, Jr. (July 25, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Grove / Holloway-Morey House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 26, 2017. With eight photos from 1979.