Douglass-Reams House
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Douglass-Reams House is a ca. 1828 center-hall house in Franklin, Tennessee
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1988. The notability of the property was mentioned in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources:
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1988. The notability of the property was mentioned in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources:
The greatest number of early brick residences were built in central hall or central passage plan arrangements. In these homes the main entrance opens onto a central hallway flanked by two large rooms. Each of these rooms contains a
fireplace and often decorative Federal styls mantels. One-and one-half or two-story central hall plan residences generally have the main staircase located in the central hall. Examples of this style in the county constructed before 1830 include the William Allison HouseWilliam Allison House (College Grove, Tennessee)The William Allison House near College Grove, Tennessee is a historic Federal style house with a central passage plan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988....
(WM-232), Newton Jordan HouseNewton Jordan HouseThe Newton Jordan House is a property in Triune, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It was built, remodelled, or has other significance in c. 1830 and c. 1900...
(WM-259), Mordecai Puryear HouseMordecai Puryear HouseThe Mordecai Puryear House is a circa 1830 center-hall house in Franklin, Tennessee. Mordecai Puryear was one of ten original $5,000 investors in the National Bank of Franklin in 1871. The bank "was one of the primary financial institutions of the county" until it failed in the Great Depression,...
(WM-287) and the Douglass-Reams House (WM-540). All of these houses are noteworthy examples of this style and retain their original detailing. The Allison, Jordan and Puryear House are all of single pile or one room deep construction with rear ells or wings while the Reams House is double pile or two rooms deep and lacks a rear addition.