Brown House

  • Also Known As: Brown, James Farmstead
  • Also Known As: Yarnell House

  • Address: 9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1828/00/00 John Brown (Cherokee) Home John Brown settles in the Long Savannah neighborhood about 7 mi north of Ooltewah and builds his house, c 1828, and definitely by 1835 when it was known to be standing.
1835/00/00 John Brown (Cherokee) Owner The Cherokee census of 1835 shows that Brown, one of the wealthiest of the Cherokees, has 100 acres of land under cultivation in Hamilton County, and that he owned 28 slaves. Slavery In America
1838/00/00 With the Cherokee removal in 1838, physician Dr John L Yarnell, who had married John Brown's daughter, buys the Borown House. Yarnell had settled among the Cherokees south of the Tennessee River and continued to practice medicine among the white people.
1857/00/00 The next owner of the house was Dr Thomas H Roddye, who married the Yarnells' only child. Roddye, a graduate of the medical college of the University of Nashville in 1857, was considered one of the best rural doctors in Tennessee during this time.

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Particulars for Brown House:
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Federal Style
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Cultural Affiliation Native American
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 73001781
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Other Certification: Additional documentation
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Native American, Architecture, Social history, Politics-government
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: c 1828, 1838
Associated People: Brown,John
Historic Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Agricultural outbuildings
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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