The Sam Davis House (also known as the Sam Davis Home) is a historic house in

Smyrna, Tennessee Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. Smyrna's population was 53,070 at the 2020 census, making it the largest town in Tennessee by population in that census. Smyrna is part of the Nashville metropolitan area. Histo ...

. It is now a museum to the memory of Confederate soldier

Sam Davis Sam Davis (October 6, 1842 – November 27, 1863) was a Confederate soldier executed by Union forces in Pulaski, Tennessee as a spy, during the American Civil War. He is popularly known as the ''Boy Hero of the Confederacy'', although he was 21 ...

History

The house was first built as a log house in 1810, and remodelled by Charles Davis in 1847. His son,

, who became known as the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy", grew up in this house. The house was acquired by the State of Tennessee in 1927, and turned into a house museum for its association with Sam Davis by the Sam Davis Historical Association in 1930. Edith Pope, the second editor of the ''

Confederate Veteran The ''Confederate Veteran'' was a magazine about veterans of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. It published histories of the Civil War with a focus on Confederate events. It also propagated a myth of the Lo ...

'', donated an antique bed and clock as well as a large photograph of

Sumner Archibald Cunningham Sumner Archibald Cunningham (July 21, 1843 – December 20, 1913) was an American Confederate soldier and journalist. He was the editor of a short lived Confederate magazine called "Our Day" (1883-1884) published in New York. In 1893 he establish ...

to the museum.

Architectural significance

The porch was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. The house has been listed on the

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since December 23, 1969.

Notable events

The site hosts a yearly Victorian Halloween event along with seasonal ghost tours.

Gallery

File:Entrance gate into Sam Davis Home and Plantation.jpg, Entrance gate File:Sam Davis Exhibit displays.jpg, Interpretive exhibit displays File:Slave Cabin at the Sam Davis Home and Plantation.jpg, Slave Cabin

References

External links

* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Greek Revival architecture in Tennessee Houses completed in 1810 Historic house museums in Tennessee Buildings and structures in Rutherford County, Tennessee {{RutherfordCountyTN-NRHP-stub