Squirewood Hall

Squirewood Hall

Spirewood Hall (side view) in 2015
Location Cherokee Dr., Dandridge, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates 36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°W / 36.01528; -83.42222Coordinates: 36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°W / 36.01528; -83.42222
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built 1858
NRHP Reference # 73001793[1]
Added to NRHP July 16, 1973[2]

Squirewood Hall, later known as Hampton House, is a historic house in Dandridge, Tennessee, USA.

History

The two-story house was completed in 1858.[3] It was built with red bricks for Judge James Preston Swann (1819–1884).[4][5] A Southern Unionist, Swann represented Jefferson County at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.[6] He served as a state circuit court judge in the years following the war.[7]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 16, 1973.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Squirewood Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hampton House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015. Associated photos.
  4. ↑ James Preston Swann. Entry at Findagrave.com. Accessed: 23 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Morristown (TN) Gazette, 19 March 1884, p. 3.
  6. ↑ Oliver Perry Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War (R. Clark Company, 1899), pp. 349-351, 572.
  7. ↑ Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 182.


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