National Register of Historic Places - Tennessee (TN), Putnam County

Putnam County Tennessee has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Burgess Falls Hydroelectric Station, Algood Methodist Church, Arcade, The, Broad Street Church of Christ and Buffalo Valley School.

The famous person Richard Henry Harding is associated with one of more of the Putnam County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Putnam County places including J.A. Switzer, Stephen Decatur Burton, Gillian Maxwell, Joseph F. Scott, Hunt,Reuben H.,& Co., William Smoot and P.H. Black. Prominent architectural styles found in Putnam Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Chicago.

Algood Methodist Church (added 1979 - - #79002454)

Also known as Algood United Methodist Church

158 Wall St , Algood

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Arcade, The (added 1979 - - #79002455)

Also known as The Arceade Building

7--13 S. Jefferson Ave. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Maxwell,Gillian

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Broad Street Church of Christ (added 2002 - - #01001567)

Also known as Central Emmanuel Baptist Church

157 E. Broad St. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Buffalo Valley School (added 2006 - - #06000548)

2717 Buffalo Valley School Rd. , Buffalo Valley

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Library, Meeting Hall

Burgess Falls Hydroelectric Station (added 1990 - - #90001006)

SR 135 over Falling Water R. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cookeville Railroad Depot (added 1985 - - #85002773)

Also known as Tennessee Central Railroad Depot

Broad and Cedar Sts. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cowen Farmstead (added 2005 - - #05000205)

Also known as Cowan House; Fahey House, The heritage; Farmer House

2671 Little Indian Creek Rd. , Buffalo Valley

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

First Presbyterian Church (added 2010 - - #10001060)

20 N Dixie Ave, Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Harding Studio (added 1992 - - #92000355)

43 W. Broad St. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Harding,Richard Henry

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Henderson Hall (added 1985 - - #85002754)

Also known as Industrial Arts Building

Tennessee Technological University, Dixie Ave. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hunt,Reuben H.,& Co.

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

John's Place (added 2011 - - #11000085)

11 Gibson Ave, Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Science Building, The (added 2017 - - #100000858)

1 William L. Jones Drive, Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Farr, T. J.

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1929-1962 AD

United States Post Office and Court House (added 2014 - - #14001053)

Cookeville, Cookeville

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West End Church of Christ Silver Point (added 2007 - - #07001270)

Also known as Silver Point Christian Institute

14360 Center Hill Dam Rd. , Silver Point

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

White Plains (added 2009 - - #09000538)

Also known as PM 883

2700 Old Walton Rd. , Cookeville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burton, Stephen Decatur

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling