Old Town

Old Natchez Trace 1 1/2 mi. S of Moran Rd., Franklin, Tennessee. County/parish: Williamson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 14, 1988. NRIS 88000324.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Brown,William,House
  • WM-397

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Brown House (Franklin, Tennessee)

Old Town, also known as the Thomas Brown House, is a house in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, at the Old Town Archeological Site that was built by Thomas Brown starting in 1846. It is a two-story frame structure built on an "I-House" plan, an example of vernacular architecture showing Greek Revival influences. The Thomas Brown House is among the best two-story vernacular I-house examples in the county (along with the William King House, the Alpheus Truett House, the Claiborne Kinnard House, the Beverly Toon House, and the Stokely Davis House).: 42 

It was located on the Harpeth River branch of the Natchez Trace.

Singer Jimmy Buffett owned the house in the late 1980s.

It is built amidst and named for, Old Town, a village site of Mississippian culture with mounds. It is located near Old Town Bridge, the remains of a Natchez Trace bridge.

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