Rice-Marler House
Rice-Marler House | |
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| Location | Goodfield Valley Rd., Decatur, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°28′42″N 84°50′07″W / 35.47833°N 84.83528°W |
| Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1856 |
| MPS | Meigs County, Tennessee MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004007[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 6, 1982 |
The Rice-Marler House, in Decatur, Tennessee, was built in 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
It is a two-story frame house built upon a stone pier foundation, with a one-story rear ell. Its weatherboard exterior is covered with aluminum siding.[2]
The site includes foundation ruins of a slave cabin.[2]
The house is unusual as one of few I-houses in Meigs County, Tennessee which has a five-bay facade and gable end chimneys. It is also unusual for having graining on its interior doors and marbling on its mantlepieces.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Tennessee Multiple Resource Nomination Survey: Rice-Marler House / Jones House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1979
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