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Martin Cheairs House

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Built
  
1851 (1851)

Opened
  
1851

Added to NRHP
  
12 December 1976

NRHP Reference #
  
76001787

Area
  
4,000 m²

Martin Cheairs House

Location
  
U.S. 31, Spring Hill, Tennessee

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Similar
  
Rippavilla Plantation, Athenaeum, Carnton

The Martin Cheairs House is a historic mansion in Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA.

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History

The mansion was built in the 1850s for Martin Cheairs, whose brother lived at the Rippavilla Plantation. Both mansions were designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.

During the American Civil War, General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate States Army used the mansion as his headquarters (after he had left White Hall). He was murdered in front of the house in 1863.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 12, 1976.

References

Martin Cheairs House Wikipedia