Sherwood Green House Explained

Sherwood Green House
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Coordinates:35.9533°N -86.6579°W
Built:c. 1810, c. 1840 and c. 1928
Added:April 13, 1988
Area:8acres
Mpsub:Williamson County MRA
Refnum:88000311

The Sherwood Green House is a property in Williamson County, Tennessee, near Nolensville, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

It was built c.1810 and had significant developments also in c.1840, and c.1928. It includes Central passage plan and other architecture. When listed, the property included four contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two non-contributing structures, on an area of 8acres.

Like the John Motheral House and the William Leaton House (also NRHP-listed in Williamson County), the house was built as a single story log pen building, and was later enlarged to achieve an "imposing" two story frame construction.[1]

The house was expanded and covered with weatherboard in c.1840. A second story porch with square columns was added then. A first-floor one-story porch with square Doric-capital posts was added in 1928.

The interior includes a c.1840 stairway with a square newel post and square balusters, and fireplace mantles having simple Greek Revival design with Doric motif pilasters.

Contributing outbuildings include a log kitchen (c.1840) and a log smokehouse (c.1840), both with half dovetail notching, and a slave house (c.1840) later used as a milk house.[2]

Sherwood Green was a surveyor who was paid in land for his services. Green came to own more than in the area.[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.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88000311}} Historic Resources of Wllliamson County: Green, Sherwood, House (WM-194) ]. National Park Service. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission . February 1988 . March 20, 2018. With .