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The Jacob Critz House is a c. 1835 center-hall house in
Thompson's Station, Tennessee Thompson's Station is a town in Williamson County, Tennessee. The population has grown from 2,194 at the 2010 Census to 7,485 in the 2020 Census. Several locations in Thompson's Station listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places inclu ...
, United States. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1988. When listed the property included one
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, one non-contributing building, and one non-contributing structure, on . The property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources. The home was likely leased in 1866 by carpetbagger James Wood King in his attempt to raise cotton in the south after the
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.Faust, ''Conspicuous Gallantry'', 153-55.


See also

* Thomas L. Critz House, also in Thompson's Station and listed on the National Register of Historic Places


References

* Faust, Eric R. ''Conspicuous Gallantry: The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of James W. King, 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry''. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2015.


Notes

Central-passage houses in Tennessee Houses completed in 1835 Houses in Williamson County, Tennessee Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Williamson County, Tennessee {{WilliamsonCountyTN-NRHP-stub