Oaklawn: northeast view
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Title |
Oaklawn: northeast view |
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Creator(s) |
Eatherly, Brad, photographer |
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Date |
2015 |
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Coverage |
2010-2019 |
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Property name |
Oaklawn |
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Additional property name |
Absalom Thompson House |
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Property type |
House |
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Additional property type |
Farm |
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National Register Reference |
79002449 listed Sept. 11, 1979 |
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Community Name |
Spring Hill, Maury County, TN |
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Description |
Color photograph of a historic log cabin sitting on the property of a historic home viewed from the northeast. The two-room log cabin has a stone foundation and a gabled roof made of corrugated tin. A side entryway consists of a single door. The second room extends beyond the main room. It has a shed roof made of corrugated tin. |
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Historical Notes |
Oaklawn was built in 1835 for Absalom Thompson. The original structure was built in a Federal style, ell-shaped and one-and-a-half stories high. The home was rebuilt in 1860 in the Greek Revival style and enlarged to two full stories. The home served as headquarters for Confederate General John Bell Hood during the Battle of Spring Hill in November of 1864. This is the infamous location where General Hood slept while Union forces marched past his troops toward Franklin, TN. The house stayed in the Thompson family until 1911. The interior was renovated to become a tenant house and suffered from decay. In the 1940s, the building was returned to its original condition. The rear portico was enclosed in the 1950s. The exterior remains much the same as it did when it was remodeled in 1860. The building served as the home for country and western performers George Jones and Tammy Wynette during the early 1970s. The building is now privately owned. |
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Collection Name |
Southern History Documentary Projects |
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Subject-LCSH |
Brick houses -- Tennessee
Family farms -- Tennessee
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Subject-AAT |
cabins |
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Type |
Still image |
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Genre |
Photograph |
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Copyright status |
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission. |
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Contributing Institution |
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University |
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Conditions for use |
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only. |
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Digital Publisher |
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
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