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Rice-Marler House

Coordinates: 35°28′42″N 84°50′07″W / 35.47833°N 84.83528°W / 35.47833; -84.83528 (Rice-Marler House)
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Rice-Marler House
Rice-Marler House is located in Tennessee
Rice-Marler House
LocationGoodfield Valley Rd., Decatur, Tennessee
Coordinates35°28′42″N 84°50′07″W / 35.47833°N 84.83528°W / 35.47833; -84.83528 (Rice-Marler House)
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1856
MPSMeigs County, Tennessee MRA
NRHP reference No.82004007[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 1982

The Rice-Marler House, in Decatur, Tennessee, was built in 1856. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

It is a two-story frame house built upon a stone pier foundation, with a one-story rear ell. Its weatherboard exterior is covered with aluminum siding.[2]

The site includes foundation ruins of a slave cabin.[2]

The house is unusual as one of few I-houses in Meigs County, Tennessee which has a five-bay facade and gable end chimneys. It is also unusual for having graining on its interior doors and marbling on its mantlepieces.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Tennessee Multiple Resource Nomination Survey: Rice-Marler House / Jones House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1979