Maden Hall Farm
National Register of Historic Places

Maden Hall Farm

Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee
Listed
August 26, 2009
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
09000667

About this property

Maden Hall Farm, also called the Fermanagh-Ross Farm, is a historic farm near the U.S. city of Greeneville, Tennessee. Established in the 1820s, the farmstead consists of a farmhouse and six outbuildings situated on the remaining 17 acres (6.9 ha) of what was once a 300-acre (120 ha) antebellum farm. Maden Hall has been designated a century farm and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. William Ross II (1790–1865), the son of a Scotch-Irish immigrant, built the Maden Hall farmhouse in 1825, and in subsequent years acquired the surrounding land, much of it given to him by his father-in-law, John Gass. In spite of raids from bushwhackers, the farm survived the U.S. Civil War intact, and after the war the farm was maintained by Ross's children and grandchildren, most of whom made relatively few changes to the farm over several decades. In 1968, former University of Tennessee football standout Len Coffman (1915–2007) and wife Jennie King (a Ross descendant) purchased the farm from King's relatives. The Coffmans' daughter, Carol, is the farm's current owner.

Location

3225 Kingsport Highway
Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee
36.22115, -82.79578

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was Maden Hall Farm listed on the National Register?

Maden Hall Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Maden Hall Farm?

Maden Hall Farm is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Maden Hall Farm?

The period of significance for Maden Hall Farm is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1825.

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