Cornsilk (Cross Plains, Tennessee) Explained

Cornsilk
Coordinates:36.635°N -86.6317°W
Architecture:Tennessee Vernacular
Added:January 11, 1974
Area:7acres
Refnum:74002266

Cornsilk is a historic house in Cross Plains, Tennessee, United States. It was built circa 1850 for Thomas Stringer.[1] In the 1930s, it was acquired by author Andrew Nelson Lytle, who renamed it "for his ancestral home in Alabama."[1]

The house was designed in the Tennessee Vernacular architectural style.[1] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 11, 1974.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=74002266}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination: Cornsilk]. National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. March 3, 2018. With .
  2. Web site: Cornsilk. National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. March 3, 2018.

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