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Wheatland (Knob Creek, Washington County, Tennessee)

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Country
  
United States

Opened
  
1838

Completed
  
1838

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Town or city
  
Knob Creek Historic District, Johnson City, Tennessee

Wheatland is the common name of a house built in 1838 in the Knob Creek Historic District, near present-day Johnson City. Also known as the William P. Reeves House or the Clark House, the house was built by William Pouder Reeves and his brother Peter Miller Reeves on 400 acres (1.6 km2), purchased for $5500.

Both brothers married daughters of Valentine DeVault.

William and Peter were both trained as carpenters, and traveled through North Carolina taking commissions for important buildings, such as the Guilford Courthouse. The exceptional carvings and woodwork at Wheatland were undertaken by William.

The house is Federal (or Adam) in style, and is most notable for its exceptional interior woodwork and the double Chinese Chippendale porch running the length of the kitchen wing.

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Wheatland (Knob Creek, Washington County, Tennessee) Wikipedia