Cox - Wiggens House - North Main Street Historic District - Bolivar, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 15.606 W 088° 59.251
16S E 319199 N 3903698
Queen Anne style house #31 on NRHP list.
Waymark Code: WMYAKF
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2018
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County of house: Hardeman County
Location of house: 442 N. Main St., east side, Bolivar
Original Occupant: Cox Family
Built: C. 1890
[NOTE: NRHP form shows it as 424 and COX-WIGGS House..actually 442 house number and COX-WIGGENS correct family names]
"31. Cox-Wiggs House [sic] (424 North Main Street): ca. 1890, Queen Anne, 1½ story, frame,
weatherboarded, polygonial tower, front porch." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"The Queen Anne style was also popular during the turn of the century. Common details of the Queen Anne style include asymmetrical plans, large porches will milled columns, eave vergeboard, wood shingles in the gable fields and bay windows. Only a few examples of the Queen Anne styple [sic] were recorded in Bolivar including the Cox-Wiggens House." ~ Visit Historic Bolivar