Walton–Wiggins Farm | |
Nearest city | Springfield, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°31′12″N 86°44′05″W / 36.52000°N 86.73472°W |
Area | 5.2 acres (2.1 ha) |
Built | 1855 |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Historic Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 97000883 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 8, 1997 |
The Walton–Wiggins Farm is a historic farmhouse in Springfield, Tennessee, U.S..
The house was built circa 1855 for Dr. Lycurgus B. Walton, a physician and slaveholder. [2] His son, Martin Atkinson Walton, graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and took over his father's medical practice in the house. [2] He lived there with his wife, Elizabeth Henry Woodard, and their six children. [2] One of his daughter, Eva, married John Bynum Wiggins, and the farm was subsequently inherited by their descendants. [2] By the 1980s, the owner was John Bynum Wiggins III, and the farm was used for "livestock cattle, soybeans, tobacco, corn and wheat." [2]
The house was designed in the Colonial Revival architectural style, with Greek Revival features. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 8, 1997. [3]