County of house: Giles County
Location of house: Sam Davis Ave. & E. Madison St., SW corner, Pulaski
Built: 1885
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Owner: Aymett
"11. 102 South Sam Davis Avenue. Circa 1885. Queen Anne/Classical Revival
influence. Two stories, weatherboarded frame, cross gable plan,
asphalt cross gable roof, hip roof porch supported by Tuscan columns,
1/1 fenestration with bracketed lintels, transom over door, corbeled
chimney, rear gable and shed roof additions, stone foundation. (C)
Outbuilding. Circa 1900. One story, vertical board frame,
front gable roof, batten door. Uncertain use. (C)
"Most of the remaining buildings date from the 1880s and 1890s, and include
two story weatherboarded frame cross gable plan houses at 102 South Sam Davis Avenue (#11), ...
"Some residences constructed during the late nineteenth century are
classified as Folk Victorian. These resources generally are one or one and
one-half stories in height and have front porches with decorative turned
wood columns, ornamental window hoods, and gable roofs. Queen Anne or
Italianate influence is often present.
In the 1880s Pulaski had grown to 3,000 people. Industries of this period
included cotton mills, a tan yard, a carriage factory, and other light
manufacturers. A number of the industries processed agricultural products
from the surrounding area. Farm Lane, now Sam Davis Avenue, was no longer
on the edge of the city and more houses were built there. Within the
district, three large frame houses - 102 South Sam Davis Avenue (#11), ... were
built on similar two story cross gable plans. All feature one story threequarter length hip roof porches, stone foundations, and interior corbeled
brick chimneys." ~ NRHP Nomination Form, PDF page 2, 5, & 11