Squirewood Hall

Squirewood Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Spirewood Hall (side view) in 2015
Location	Cherokee Dr., Dandridge, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates	36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°WCoordinates: 36°0′55″N 83°25′20″W / 36.01528°N 83.42222°W
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1858
NRHP Reference #	73001793[1]
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1973[2]

Squirewood Hall, later known as Hampton House, is a historic house in Dandridge, Tennessee, USA.

History

The two-story house was completed in 1858.^[3] It was built with red bricks for Judge James Preston Swann (1819–1884).^[4][5] A Southern Unionist, Swann represented Jefferson County at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.^[6] He served as a state circuit court judge in the years following the war.^[7]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 16, 1973.^[2]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Squirewood Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hampton House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2015. Associated photos.
4. James Preston Swann. Entry at Findagrave.com. Accessed: 23 November 2015.
5. Morristown (TN) Gazette, 19 March 1884, p. 3.
6. Oliver Perry Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War (R. Clark Company, 1899), pp. 349-351, 572.
7. Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 182.