Near Gallatin in Sumner County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
James B. Jameson House
for James B. Jameson
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1844.
Location. 36° 23.943′ N, 86° 20.976′ W. Marker is near Gallatin, Tennessee, in Sumner County. Marker is on Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.2 miles west of Cragfont Estates Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2295 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin TN 37066, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cragfont (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Cragfont (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Cragfont (approx. 0.6 miles away); Civil War in Sumner County (approx. 1.6 miles away); Abraham “Abram” Bledsoe (approx. 1.6 miles away); Bill "Hoss" Allen (approx. 1.6 miles away); Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park (approx. 1.6 miles away); A Frontiersman Settles in the Wilderness (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Regarding James B. Jameson House. From the National Register inventory-nomination form submitted for the site:
… James B. Jameson was born in Kentucky on September 25, 1795. A prominent landowner and land trader near Glasgow, Kentucky, he moved with his wife Jane (1816-1856) and six children (two more were born in Tennessee) to Sumner County in the early 1840's. Jameson hired John Fonville, a local master builder, to construct his new residence in around 1844. … Jameson was a farmer with nineteen slaves in 1860. He died in 1862 …
Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 324 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 30, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on August 2, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.