Buckingham House (Sevierville, Tennessee)

	Buckingham House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Buckingham House in 1934
Nearest city	Sevierville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°54′58″N 83°37′56″W / 35.91611°N 83.63222°W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1796
Built by	Buckingham, Thomas; Buckingham, Ephriam
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	71000831
Added to NRHP	March 18, 1971

The Buckingham House is a historic brick house in Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1796 by Thomas Buckingham, the first sheriff of Sevier County, Tennessee, it is the oldest house in the county. The house was designed in the Federal architectural style and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The land was home to Cherokee people until European settlers, led by John Sevier, forced them off the land between 1776 and 1785.^[2] Thomas Buckingham subsequently purchased the land from Sevier and served as the first sheriff of Sevier County, Tennessee.^[2]

Buckingham and his brother Ephriam built the Buckingham House in 1796. ^[2] The house, which overlooks the French Broad River, was designed in the Federal architectural style.^[2] An ell, with two rooms and a porch, was added to the house by 1890.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1971.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Nomination Form: Buckingham House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ "Buckingham House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[npsform-2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Nomination Form: Buckingham House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[npsbuckinghamhouse-3] "Buckingham House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

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