Cornsilk (Cross Plains, Tennessee)

Historic house in Tennessee, United States United States historic place


Cornsilk
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Cornsilk

Interactive map showing the location of Cornsilk
Nearest city	Cross Plains, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°38′06″N 86°37′54″W / 36.63500°N 86.63167°W / 36.63500; -86.63167 (Cornsilk)
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1850 (1850)
Architectural style	Tennessee Vernacular
NRHP reference No.	74002266
Added to NRHP	January 11, 1974

Cornsilk is a historic house in Cross Plains, Tennessee, United States. It was built circa 1850 for Thomas Stringer. In the 1930s, it was acquired by author Andrew Nelson Lytle, who renamed it "for his ancestral home in Alabama."

The house was designed in the Tennessee Vernacular architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 11, 1974.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination: Cornsilk". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 3, 2018. With three photos from 1973.
"Cornsilk". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

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