McNeal Place - Bolivar, TN
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N 35° 15.182 W 088° 59.547
16S E 318734 N 3902923
"....the finest Italianate house in West Tennessee...." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
Waymark Code: WMYACQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2018
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County of house: Hardeman County
Location of house: SE corner, Bills St. & S. UNion St., Bolivar
Original Owner: Ezekiek K. Polk
Current Owner: In accordance with a clause in the owner's will, no one save his direct descendants have ever lived there. (McNeal, Hills, & McDaniels)bi
Built: 1860
Architect: Samuel Sloan of Philadelphia
"11. McNeal House (Bills and Union Street): 1856, Italianate, 2 story brick, stuccoed,
symmetrical, slightly projecting center pavilion, square cupola in center of roof,
iron front porch, side entrance in pedimented pavilion. Outbuildings: 1 story
brick double slave quarters with inside gable chimneys, 1 story brick kitchen with
center chimney, 1 room frame with weatherboards playhouse with gables, 2 polygonal
gazebos with lattic siding, frame with weatherboards, octangonal wash house with
brick chimney, frame with weatherboards smokehouse with pyramid roof.
"The McNeal House (No. 11) is the finest Italianate house in West Tennessee and among
the most outstanding in the state. The use of filagreed cast iron porches is rare in
Tennessee; the interior of the McNeal House is sumptuous and in excellent repair." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
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