Logan Henderson Farm | |
Nearest city | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 35°47′27″N 86°21′25″W / 35.79083°N 86.35694°W |
Area | 9.8 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1816 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, I-house |
MPS | Historic Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 03000971 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 25, 2003 |
The Logan Henderson Farm, also known as Farmington, is a historic farm house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.. Built as a slave plantation in the Antebellum South, it later became a dairy and cattle farm. It is now a horse farm.
The house was first built for Logan Henderson and his wife, Margaret Ewart Johnston, in 1816, and extended in 1842. [2] The Johnsons grew cotton and corn; they also raised cattle and swine. [2] They owned 21 slaves in 1820 and 50 slaves in 1840. [2] Upon marrying William F. Lytle, the Hendersons's daughter, Violet, inherited 5 slaves. [2] In 1846, the property was inherited by the Hendersons's son, James Franklin Henderson, who lived there with his wife Amanda and their nine children. [2]
James Franklin Henderson was a Whig, which explains why the house was not destroyed during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. [2] The Hendersons invited both Mrs Braxton Bragg and Mrs William Starke Rosecrans, the spouses of Confederate and Union generals. [2]
The house was purchased by Henry Pfeil in 1897. [2] When his daughter married William A. Snell, the couple turned it into a dairy farm. [2] In 1966, it was acquired by Price Harrison, who raised Angus cattle. [2] By 2003, it had become a horse farm. [2]
The house was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 25, 2003. [3]