James Johnston House (Brentwood, Tennessee) Explained

James Johnston House
Coordinates:	35.9964°N -86.8094°W
Built:	c.1840 and 1864
Builder:	James Johnston
Added:	March 26, 1976
Refnum:	76001807

The James Johnston House is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee that dates from c.1840 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It has also been known as Isola Bella.

It includes Greek Revival and Georgian architecture.

When listed, the property included three contributing buildings on an area of .

According to a 1988 study of historic resources in Williamson County, the house was one of about thirty surviving "significant brick and frame residences" that had been "the center of large plantations and they display some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era."^[1] It is among houses in the county having "two-story porticos with large square two-story columns with Doric motif capitals."^[1]

See also

• Mooreland, also on the pike north of Franklin and NRHP-listed^[1]
• Mountview, also on the pike north of Franklin and NRHP-listed^[1]
• Aspen Grove, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource^[1]
• Thomas Shute House, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource^[1]
• Alpheus Truett House, also on the pike north of Franklin and a Williamson County historic resource^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500624}} Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination ]. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission . February 1988 . National Park Service.