Isaac Franklin Plantation
Fairvue | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
![]() Fairvue in 1971 | |
Nearest city | Gallatin, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°20′41″N 86°29′36″W / 36.34484°N 86.49322°W |
Area | 560 acres (230 ha) |
Built | 1832 |
NRHP reference No. | 75002162[1] |
Removed from NRHP | April 04, 2005 |
Isaac Franklin Plantation, also known as Fairvue, is an antebellum plantation house in Gallatin, Tennessee.
Fairvue Plantation was built in 1832 for Isaac Franklin (1789–1846). Franklin retired to be a planter there after a career as a partner in the largest slave-trading firm in the South prior to the Civil War.
After his death, the property was inherited by his widow, Adelicia Acklen. The land of the former estate was long cultivated for agriculture.[2]
Fairvue was named a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
The Club at Fairvue Plantation opened in 2004.[3] In 2005, the house's historic landmark status was withdrawn due to development that had damaged its historic integrity. [4]
Much of the plantation property was developed for a gated community of large, luxury suburban mansions.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "History of Belmont Mansion". Belmont Mansion. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
- ^ Ball, Edward (November 2015). "Retracing Slavery's Trail of Tears". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ Withdrawal of Isaac Franklin Plantation
- ^ Bloodlines of the Slave Trade (2023), documentary film by Markie Hancock.
External links
[edit] Media related to Isaac Franklin Plantation at Wikimedia Commons
- Houses in Sumner County, Tennessee
- Houses completed in 1832
- Former National Historic Landmarks of the United States
- Plantation houses in Tennessee
- 1832 establishments in Tennessee
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places in Sumner County, Tennessee
- Gallatin, Tennessee
- Former National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Franklin & Armfield
- Tennessee building and structure stubs