Cragfont, Highway 25, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN
Summary
Significance: The largest of the native stone houses built in the Sumner County area, Cragfont was completed circa 1802. It was the home of General James Winchester, veteran of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and one of the founders of Memphis, Tennessee. The home was a center of social life from 1802 until the Civil War.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-53
Survey number: HABS TN-82
Building/structure dates: ca. 1802 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1802
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cary, Brian, transmitter
Location
Gallatin (Tenn.), 36.40005, -86.34512
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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