Winstead House | |
Location: | S. Margin St., Franklin, Tennessee |
Coordinates: | 35.9203°N -86.8686°W |
Built: | c.1870 |
Builder: | William O'Neal Perkins |
Architecture: | Italianate |
Added: | April 18, 1979 |
Refnum: | 79002486 |
Winstead House is a historic Italianate house in Franklin, Tennessee built c.1870 that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 together with of land. It is also a contributing property in the Franklin Historic District.
It was built by William O'Neal Perkins on the foundation of a former house, the McNutt House, which burned c.1865. Perkins used brick and stone materials from a building on the court square, Public Office, which he had bought and demolished. It is a two-story, five bay house. Its foundation, water table, and quoins are stone; the brick walls are laid in American common bond. It has a massive ornate cornice supported by heavy paired brackets.[1]
It was owned by Asa Hickman Jewell, II and his wife, Margaret Loring Jewell.
It is now the administration building for the O'More College of Design.