James Johnston House (Brentwood, Tennessee)

James Johnston House

James Johnston House front and side view, August 2014.
Location S of Brentwood on U.S. 31, Brentwood, Tennessee
Area 6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built c.1840 and 1864
Built by James Johnston
Architectural style Greek Revival and Georgian
NRHP Reference # 76001807 [1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 1976

The James Johnston House is a property in Brentwood, Tennessee that dates from c.1840 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It has also been known as Isola Bella.[1]

It includes Greek Revival and Georgian architecture.[1]

When listed, the property included three contributing buildings on an area of 6 acres (2.4 ha).[1]

According to a 1988 study of historic resources in Williamson County, the house was one of about thirty surviving "significant brick and frame residences" that had been "the center of large plantations and they display some of the finest construction of the ante-bellum era."[2]:21 It is among houses in the county having "two-story porticos with large square two-story columns with Doric motif capitals."[2]:42

Williamson County Historical Marker for Isola Bella, also known the James Johnston House.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination" (PDF). National Park Service.


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