Nicholas Gotten House facts for kids
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Nicholas Gotten House
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Nicholas Gotten House (2009)
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| Location | 2969 Court Street Bartlett, Tennessee United States |
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| Built | 1871 |
| Architect | Nicholas Gotten |
| Architectural style | Saltbox Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000236 |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 2002 |
The Nicholas Gotten House is a special old building located at 2969 Court Street in Bartlett, Tennessee, United States. Today, it's home to the Bartlett Museum. This museum shares the local history of Bartlett and is run by the Bartlett Historical Society.
Nicholas Gotten built this white wooden house in 1871. It has a unique shape called a saltbox style. This means one side of the roof slopes down much lower than the other.
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The Nicholas Gotten House: A Historic Building
The Nicholas Gotten House is a very important part of Bartlett's history. It has been around for over 150 years! This house helps us learn about the past and how people lived long ago in Tennessee.
Who Was Nicholas Gotten?
Nicholas Gotten was born in Germany. When he was 22, in 1854, he moved to the United States. He was a blacksmith, which means he worked with metal to make tools and other items. During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army. After the war, he worked as a miller (someone who grinds grain into flour) and a ginner (someone who separates cotton fibers from their seeds). Nicholas and his wife, Julia Coleman, raised their three children in this very house.
From Police Station to Museum
For many years, until the late 1970s, the City of Bartlett owned the Gotten House. It was even used as the Bartlett Police Station! In the early 1980s, the city planned to tear the house down. But the Bartlett Historic Society stepped in to save it. They made a special deal with the city. The society leased the house for 50 years for only $1 per year. Their goal was to fix up the property and protect its history.
The Bartlett Historic Society made the house their main office. Then, in 1990, it officially became the Bartlett Museum.
What You Can See at the Bartlett Museum
The Bartlett Museum is full of interesting things about local history. You can see old photographs and documents that tell stories about Bartlett. There are also artifacts, which are old objects made by people, and furniture from different time periods. It's like stepping back in time!
The museum is open to visitors on the first and third Sunday of every month. You can visit between 2 PM and 4 PM. The best part is, admission to the museum is completely free!
A Recognized Historic Landmark
The Nicholas Gotten House is so important that it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 2002. This is a list of places in the United States that are important to history.
In 2007, the house got a big makeover. About $100,000 was spent to fix it up. They even put in new windows, doors, and other parts that looked just like the originals. Because of its history and careful restoration, the Gotten House was named a Bartlett Historic Landmark in 2008. This was done by the Bartlett Historic Preservation Commission.
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