National Register of Historic Places

Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation)

Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee
Listed
July 15, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73001812

About this property

Hamilton Place is an antebellum plantation house in Maury County, Tennessee, near Columbia. The house was completed in 1832. It was built for Lucius Junius Polk, a wealthy cotton planter who served as a state senator and later as Tennessee's adjutant-general, by master builder Nathan Vaught. The Palladian design of its front facade is based on Palladio's design for the Villa Pisani at Montagnana. The interior floor plan was loosely based on the White House floor plan, and an interior arcade is styled after a design by Brunelleschi for a hospital in Florence, Italy. Hamilton Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is across the highway from Rattle and Snap, the house built in 1845 for Lucius J. Polk's brother George Washington Polk.

Location

1605 N. Main Street
Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee
35.57162, -87.15296

Categories

AGRICULTUREPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Rattle and Snap
Industrial
0.6 mi
St. John's Episcopal Church (Additional Documentation)
Early Republic
0.8 mi
Ashwood Rural Historic District
Listed
0.9 mi
Zion Presbyterian Church
Civil War
1.7 mi
Pine Hill
Early Republic
1.8 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Duck River (Tennessee 1863)
1863Civil War
5.2 mi

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When was Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?

Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation)?

Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation) is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Hamilton Place (Additional Documentation) is recorded as the industrial era.

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