Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues/Tennessee

This is a subpage of Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues, split out because that page is too large. See that page for an explanation of how this page works. See National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee for the current state list.

Property names

• Wier, James, House, in Tazewell: need to remove the third comma. Nyttend (talk) 15:57, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
  • There is an article James Weir House. Focus has Wier?KudzuVine (talk) 17:45, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
• Dekalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria: the county is "DeKalb County", not "Dekalb County" — see the county website. Nyttend (talk) 18:11, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
• Alexander Hamil Hosue in Blount County: correct to "House". Nyttend (talk) 20:27, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
• Highland Park Methodist Episcopal church in Chattanooga: capitalise "church". Nyttend (talk) 02:47, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Tennesse Manufacturing Company in Nashville: correct to "Tennessee". Nyttend (talk) 11:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Jonesboro Historic District: the town is Jonesborough, not Jonesboro, so it should be Jonesborough Historic District. Nyttend (talk) 17:46, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

It was reasonable to assume there was a typo but in fact that is not the case. This has been discussed at Talk:Jonesboro Historic District (Jonesborough, Tennessee) and at a wp:TENN discussion linked from there. I collected the NRHP registration document for this district and verified it was in fact listed as "Jonesboro Historic District". The locals renamed the larger town from Jonesboro to Jonesborough sometime after the NRHP listing. There's no evidence that the historic district name was changed. A local "Historic Jonesborough" organization exists and promotes the larger town, but avoids mention of the historic district and its borders and its name. It is within the means of that organization to change the NRHP listing name with the National Register, but there is no evidence it has ever made such a change. So, the name is "Jonesboro Historic District". More discussion if needed should occur at the Talk page of the article. --doncram 14:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

• Trinity United Methodist Curch near Franklin: correct "Curch" to "Church". Nyttend (talk) 03:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
• Alternate name for Old Town (NRIS refnum 88000324) in Franklin is given in NRIS as William Brown House, but sources (including the MPS submission) call it "Thomas Brown House." --Orlady (talk) 23:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

But there be several valid alternative names. I am expecting to receive NRHP docs for this soon, which should shed light on the facts here. --doncram 14:32, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

• Warner Park Historic District is mis-entered in NRIS as "Warner Park Historic Park". The "District" name appears in Williamson County MRA document and in Nashville ordinance. It appears to be merely an NRIS typo. However the NRHP docs have not been obtained. --doncram 14:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Demolished but still listed

• Five sites in Monroe County, all submerged by the Tellico Reservoir:
  • Citico Site
  • Icehouse Bottom Site
  • Mialoquo Site
  • Tomotley Site
  • Toqua Site

Nyttend (talk) 21:26, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

These are Native American archaeological sites that were listed shortly before the reservoir was filled. I don't believe that they are considered to be destroyed by their submergence -- they are merely underwater. --Orlady (talk) 15:22, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Douglass High School (Memphis, Tennessee) is noted as still being listed, but the weekly update on 11/9/2007 lists it as "removed". The NRHP database file has it "listed" on that date, with no delisting. Article itself notes that the site was torn down in 2006. 25or6to4 (talk) 08:53, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church-McKenzie (a former NRIS-only article that I expanded) probably has been demolished. The congregation moved to a new building, Google street view doesn't show any Gothic churches at this site, and http://hpdb.org/19375?tab=location indicates that it is no longer there. --Orlady (talk) 03:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Town location issues

• Acme Farm Supply Building is listed in nashville: capitalise "Nashville". Nyttend (talk) 15:59, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
• L.D. Hickerson House is listed in ullahoma: correct to Tullahoma. Nyttend (talk) 15:29, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Vardy School Community Historic District is listed in Sneadville: correct to Sneedville. Nyttend (talk) 22:42, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Bledsoe County Courthouse is listed in Pikesville: correct to Pikeville. Nyttend (talk) 22:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Hugh M. McAdoo House in Humphreys County is listed in Waverley: correct to Waverly. Nyttend (talk) 03:39, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
• Parker-Bryson Historic District in Sumner County is listed in Castilian Springs: correct to Castalian Springs. Nyttend (talk) 11:32, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
• Wayne County's segment of the Old Natchez Trace is listed in Collingwood: correct to Collinwood. Nyttend (talk) 19:35, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
• La Grange Historic District in Fayette County is listed in La Grange and, Tennessee: either supply the name of the other community or remove the "and". Nyttend (talk) 12:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• Seven sites (see list below) in Williamson County are listed in Thompsons Station, and another in Thompson Station; proper name is Thompson's Station.
  • Spencer Buford House
  • Jacob Critz House
  • Thomas L. Critz House
  • James Giddens House
  • Homestead Manor (the only "Thompson Station" site)
  • James P. Johnson House
  • John Neely House
  • Thompson Station Bank

Street address issues

• Madison Street Historic District (Clarksville, Tennessee) is listed in NRIS as being in Clarksville, Tennessee with location "Address Restricted". Given that it includes Tudor Revival and other architecture, and may include separately listed Madison Street Methodist Church at 319 Madison Street, it appears this is a town historic district that should not be address restricted. Should a rough description of the district be included, instead of "Address Restricted"?

• Knoxville Southern Railroad Historic District is located at "Former Knoxville Souther Railroad from near Reliance to near Farner": correct "Souther" to "Southern". Nyttend (talk) 19:04, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
• Buena Vista Historic District in Nashville is bounded by I-265 and U.S. 41; I-265 is now part of I-65. Nyttend (talk) 15:32, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Oakland Presbyterian Church in Fayette County is listed at "14780 TN S"; correct address is "14780 TN 194 S". Nyttend (talk) 15:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Lawson D. Franklin House in Jefferson County is listed at "SE of white Pine off U.S. 25E"; correct name is White Pine. Nyttend (talk) 15:58, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Rainey House in Williamson County is listed at "244 lst Ave." — if we convert it to capital letters, it becomes "244 LST AVE." Change the "l" to a "1". Nyttend (talk) 20:36, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Southern Railway Industrial Historic District and Glenview Historic District in Memphis are listed at "Roughly bounded by Beale, Myrtle, and the Souther Railway tracks, Linden, Jessamine and Orleans" and "Bounded by Souther RR, Lamar Ave., S. Parkway E., and Frisco RR" respectively: correct spelling of "Southern". Nyttend (talk) 20:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• South Bluffs Warehouse Historic District in Memphis is listed at "Roughly S. Front St., Wagner Pl., and Tennesee St. from Beale St. to Calhoun Ave.": correct spelling of "Tennessee". Nyttend (talk) 20:53, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Chickasaw Heritage Park in Memphis is listed at "Jct. of Ricverside Blvd and Ornamental Metal Museum Dr.": correct spelling of "Riverside". Nyttend (talk) 20:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
• Old Natchez Trace, which appears in seven Tennessee counties, is listed as being from the "AL/TN border to US 100 in Davidson Co." There is no U.S. Route 100; correct to Tennessee State Route 100. Nyttend (talk) 21:18, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
• Woodland-Scarboro Historic District in Oak Ridge is listed at "Roughly bounded by Rutgers Ave., Lafayette Dr., and Benedict, Wilburforce, and Illinois Aves."; correct "Wilburforce" to "Wilberforce". Nyttend (talk) 02:40, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• Carriger-Cowan House in Carter County is listed "east of Saim": correct to "Siam". Nyttend (talk) 12:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• Homestead Manor in Williamson County is listed "North of Thompson Station...": correct to "Thompson's Station". Nyttend (talk) 12:36, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
• Chattanooga Plow Power House in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee is listed at 1533-1535 Chestnut St; should be 1633-1635 Chestnut St. Andrew Jameson (talk) 01:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
• The W.J. Hughes Business House in Cleveland TN is listed at 3202 Ocoee St, which is way out in nowheresville. The correct address is 70 Ocoee St. Andrew Jameson (talk) 17:33, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Coordinates issues

NOTE: COORDINATES corrections should just be made directly and need not be reported here. They will probably not be reported to the National Register. Note the coordinates in the Elkman version of NRIS database are merged in from one version of the National Register's coordinates that is not their latest. They are usually pretty good, but obviously have errors, both gross ones and minor spacing ones due to the 1985 coordinates system geo change. --doncram (talk) 14:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

• Thomas Addition Historic District in Sevierville is listed at 0°0′0″N 85°29′19″W; a much better location is 35°51′49″N 85°33′37″W. Nyttend (talk) 12:04, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
• Fifteen sites in the Memphis area (listed below) are listed with coords of 84ºW rather than 90º, placing them in western North Carolina. Latitude is correct, and the minutes and seconds of longitude I believe are correct: hence replacing "84" with "90" in all of them should correct the problem.
  • Collins Chapel CME Church and Site
  • Evergreen Historic District
  • First Colored Baptist Church
  • Graceland
  • L.C. Humes, High School
  • Lauderdale Courts Public Housing Project
  • Lt. George W. Lee House
  • LeMoyne Gardens Public Housing Project
  • Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ
  • Newton Copeland Richards House
  • Shadowlawn Historic District
  • Speedway Terrace Historic District
  • Tri State Iron Works
  • Vollintine Evergreen Historic District
  • Zion Cemetery

• Northside United Presbyterian in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee is listed at 35°3′53″N 85°17′42″W. A more accurate location is 35°4′10″N 85°17′42″W.
• Central Block Building in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee is listed at 35°2′55″N 85°18′25″W. A more accurate location is 35°2′55″N 85°18′35″W.
• Louise Terrace Apartments in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee is listed at 35°3′21″N 85°31′49″W. A more accurate location is 35°3′10″N 85°18′27″W. Andrew Jameson (talk) 01:41, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
• Lookout Mountain Caverns and Cavern Castle in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee is listed at 35°1′16″N 85°20′19″W, which might be an alternate entrance tot he caverns. A better location is 35°1′9″N 85°20′22″W, which is the location of the Cavern Castle.
• Wauhatchie Pike in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee is listed at 35°1′10″N 85°20′22″W, which is indeed approximately at the geographic center of the windy road. However, it's not on the road. A better location is 35°1′18″N 85°20′26″W, which is on the Pike, and near where a historical marker is located. Andrew Jameson (talk) 11:13, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
• Acme Farm Supply Building in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee is listed at 36°10′1″N 86°46′27″W. A more accurate location is 36°9′23″N 86°46′28″W.
• Printers Alley Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee is listed at 36°9′51″N 86°46′29″W. A more accurate location is 36°9′51″N 86°46′43″W. Andrew Jameson (talk) 20:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
• Southern Methodist Publishing House in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee is listed at 36°9′37″N 86°47′4″W. A more accurate location is 36°9′31″N 86°46′57″W.
• Pearl High School in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee is listed at 36°9′59″N 86°48′1″W. A more accurate location is 36°9′43″N 86°48′1″W. Andrew Jameson (talk) 21:25, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
• Nashville Christian Institute Gymnasium in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee is listed at 36°9′48″N 86°48′47″W. A more accurate location is 36°9′40″N 86°48′47″W.
• Cameron School in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee is listed at 36°11′12″N 86°45′51″W. A more accurate location is 36°8′55″N 86°45′51″W.

Thanks for the above, but coordinates corrections probably do not need to be listed. See note inserted at top of this section, and main wp:NRIS info issues page. --doncram (talk) 14:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Architect, builder, engineer issues

• St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Chattanooga, Tennessee) has architect listed as "Wood, Halsey W." The architect's name is "Wood, William Halsey" as appears in a number of other NRHP-listings around the country, so should be corrected to that or to "Wood, W. Halsey". --doncram (talk) 14:04, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

• Barber & Klutz, based in [[Knoxville, Tennessee was an architectural firm that produced pattern books used across the United States. There seems to have been typos either in NRIS data entry or in usage in the real world. NRIS uses "Barber & Klutz" for some "Barber & Kluttz" for others.

Barber & Kluttz

1. One or more works in Charnwood Residential Historic District, roughly bounded by E Houston, RR tracks, E Wells, S Donnybrook, E Dobbs, and S Broadway, Tyler, Texas (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed
2. George Ferris Mansion, 607 W. Maple St., Rawlins, Wyoming (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed
3. James L. Fleming House, 302 S. Greene St., Greenville, North Carolina (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed
4. Orth C. Galloway House, 504 Park St., Clarendon, Arkansas (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed
5. One or more works in Greenville Commercial Historic District, roughly, Main St. from Walnut to Poplar Sts., Greenville, MS (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed
6. One or more works in North Main Street Historic District (Mocksville, North Carolina), roughly Main St. from Church St. to Mocksville city limits, Mocksville, Carolina (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed
7. Dred and Ellen Yelverton House, 1979 NC 222 E., Fremont, North Carolina (Barber & Klutz), NRHP-listed

Barber & Kluttz

1. Annamede, RD 1, Box 126, US 19, Walkersville, West Virginia (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed
2. Robert L. Covington House, 240 S. Extension St., Hazlehurst, Mississippi (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed
3. Fairchild House, 302 S. Main St., Monticello, Kentucky (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed
4. First National Bank of Greenville, Main and S. Poplar Sts., Greenville, Mississippi (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed
5. Lonnie A. Pope House, Jackson St. and Central of Georgia RR tracks, Douglas, Georgia (Barber & Kluttz), NRHP-listed

I think the "Barber & Klutz" usage is correct from the Yelverton House listing, which was recently a featured NRHP listing. --doncram 01:30, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

• Western State Hospital Historic District: one of its architects is listed in NRIS as "Hendrick,Wyatt C.,Inc." This NRIS data entry has a typo as the NRHP nomination document is clear that this is Wyatt C. Hedrick (with no "N"). He designed the Psychopathic Hospital (1932), later known as the Polk Building, within the district. (James B. Jones and Claudette Stager (April 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Western State Hospital Historic District / Western State Hospital for the Insane at Bolivar / Western State Psychiatric Hospital / Western Mental Health Institute". National Park Service. Retrieved April 24, 2017. With 38 photos from 1987.) --doncram 15:31, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

• L.C. Humes High School (article now at Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School) was designed in fact by architect George Awsumb. NRIS2013 records instead as "George Aswumb". --Doncram (talk) 07:18, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Other information issues

Dates

• Sabine Hill, Elizabethton - NRIS gives a completion date of 1796, but this is clearly wrong. Every source I've found agrees that construction started some time after the War of 1812. --Orlady (talk) 19:39, 1 February 2014 (UTC)