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Cragfont

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Nearest city
  
Gallatin, Tennessee

NRHP Reference #
  
70000618

Area
  
11 ha

Architectural style
  
Georgian architecture

Built
  
1798

Opened
  
1798

Phone
  
+1 615-452-7070

Added to NRHP
  
26 February 1970

Cragfont

Location
  
E of Gallatin off TN 25

Address
  
300 Cragfont Rd, Castalian Springs, TN 37031, USA

Similar
  
Two Rivers Mansion, Sam Davis House, Octagon Hall, Bledsoe Creek State Park, Walking Horse Hotel

Profiles

Cragfont is a state historic site and historic house located in Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee. It was the home of General James Winchester. Construction was started in 1798 and completed in 1802 by artisans from his home state of Maryland. It is listed with the National Register of Historic Places and is open to the public. It is owned by the State of Tennessee and administered in partnership with the Tennessee Historical Commission by the non-profit group Friends of Cragfont.

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James Winchester

Winchester served as a Brigadier General in the War of 1812. He is also credited with founding the city of Memphis, Tennessee along with Andrew Jackson and Judge John Overton. Winchester is buried in the family plot behind the house.

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Cragfont Wikipedia