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Historic house in Tennessee, United States United States historic place


Prewitt--Amis--Finney House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Prewitt-Amis-Finney House

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Location	2629 Pullen Mill Road, Culleoka, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°27′44″N 87°0′2″W / 35.46222°N 87.00056°W / 35.46222; -87.00056
Area	92 acres (37 ha)
Built	1810 (1810)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Hall-and-Parlor
NRHP reference No.	97001503
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1997

The Prewitt-Amis-Finney House, also known as Turnhill Farm, is a historic three-story house in Culleoka, Tennessee, U.S.. Built for the slaveholding Prewett family in 1810, it was established as a mule farm. It is located a few miles away from Columbia, and it overlooks Fountain Creek.

History

The house was built in 1810 by Lemuel Prewett, his wife Elizabeth and their 12 children. The Prewett raised mules on their farm; they also owned African slaves. After the Creek War of 1813–1814, the house was inherited by Lemuel Prewett's son Abner, and the Prewetts moved to Mississippi in the 1820s.

The house was purchased by John Amis, his wife and their six children, in 1821. Amis, the owner of 16 slaves, served on the county court. In 1852, he died of cholera alongside his wife and his son John; the three of them were buried on the farm. The house was inherited by their daughter, Elizabeth Amis Cheatham, and her husband, John Cheatham.

The house was purchased by James I. Finney, Sr. in 1935. He redesigned it in the Colonial Revival architectural style, and he renamed it Turnhill Farm.

The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 1, 1997.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Prewett-Amis-Finney House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
"Prewitt--Amis--Finney House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 28, 2016.

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