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Cornsilk (Cross Plains, Tennessee)

Coordinates: 36°38′06″N 86°37′54″W / 36.63500°N 86.63167°W / 36.63500; -86.63167 (Cornsilk)
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Cornsilk
Cornsilk
Cornsilk (Cross Plains, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Cornsilk (Cross Plains, Tennessee)
Nearest cityCross Plains, Tennessee
Coordinates36°38′06″N 86°37′54″W / 36.63500°N 86.63167°W / 36.63500; -86.63167 (Cornsilk)
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleTennessee Vernacular
NRHP reference No.74002266[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1974

Cornsilk is a historic house in Cross Plains, Tennessee, United States. It was built circa 1850 for Thomas Stringer.[2] In the 1930s, it was acquired by author Andrew Nelson Lytle, who renamed it "for his ancestral home in Alabama."[2]

The house was designed in the Tennessee Vernacular architectural style.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 11, 1974.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination: Cornsilk". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 3, 2018. With three photos from 1973.
  3. ^ "Cornsilk". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 3, 2018.