Hale House-Patterson Hotel is a historic building located near the town square in Watertown

Watertown, Tennessee

Watertown is a town located in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. The population during the 2000 census was 1,358 people.-History:Prior to the town's establishment, the land was an American Revolutionary War grant given to Colonel Archibald Lytle and his brother William Lytle.Around 1790, the...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 that was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1997 . Completed in 1898, the Hale House originally served as a private residence. In addition, the structure has served as a railroad hotel

Hotel

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 and boarding house

Boarding house

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. Currently, the building is privately owned and operated as a bed and breakfast

Bed and breakfast

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(Watertown Bed and Breakfast).