Nicholas Gotten House
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Nicholas Gotten House (2009)
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| Location | 2969 Court Street Bartlett, Tennessee United States |
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| Built | 1871 |
| Architect | Nicholas Gotten |
| Architectural style | Saltbox Style |
| NRHP Reference # | 02000236[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 2002 |
The Nicholas Gotten House is located on 2969 Court Street in Bartlett, Tennessee, United States. It houses the Bartlett Museum, a local history museum operated by the Bartlett Historical Society.[2]
The white frame structure was built by Nicholas Gotten in 1871 in the New England saltbox style.[3] A saltbox is a wooden frame house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back.
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History
Nicholas Gotten immigrated from Germany at the age of 22 in 1854. He was a blacksmith and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.[4] In the years following the war, Gotton made a living as a miller and ginner. He and his wife Julia Coleman raised three children in the house.[5][6]
Until the late 1970s, the Gotten House was owned by the City of Bartlett and used as the Bartlett Police Station.[7] In the early 1980s, the house was leased by the City of Bartlett to the Bartlett Historic Society in a 50-year contract for $1 per year, to save the house from planned demolition and to refurbish the property.[8] The structure became the seat of the Bartlett Historic Society, and since 1990 it has housed the Bartlett Museum.[3] Exhibits on display at the museum are of relevance to local history: the collection includes photographs, written documents on the history of Bartlett, artifacts, and period furniture.[9] The museum is open to the public every first and third Sunday of the month from 2-4 pm. Admission to the museum is free.
On March 20, 2002, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] After a $100,000 renovation in 2007, which included authentic new windows, doors and fixtures, the Gotten house was declared a Bartlett Historic Landmark by the Bartlett Historic Preservation Commission in 2008.[6]
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References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.cityofbartlett.org/index.aspx?nid=55 History of Bartlett
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- ↑ Historical marker in front of the Gotten House.
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