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Historic Old Stone House Farm
Home of Dr. Anne & Frank Landers
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Historic Samuel Frazier home, known locally as the Old Stone House.
Near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Visit us at the Old Stone House Farm in East Tennessee
Listed as the Samuel Frazier Home on the National Registry of Historic Places, the Frazier Home is known locally as the "old stone house". Also referred to as the Parkins house.
Built between 1750 and 1772 in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, it's origins are officially documented only with the first deed records when Tennessee became a state in 1796, and it was described as "old" at that time.
Homesteaded on the frontier in Indian territory (Territory South of the River Ohio), the house has stood in 3 different states while never moving: first North Carolina, then Franklin, and for the last 208 years, Tennessee.
Made of solid marble blocks up to 3x4', it's likely to stand hundreds more years. There's a barn of timber frame construction nearby, and it's older than the house. A hundred yards up the hill is the family cemetery. With views of the nearby Smoky Mountains National Park, this is a beautiful and peaceful spot, and a good place to recall frontier history and imagine the Civil War battles that occurred right here. One spot on the front of the house was repaired with bricks after a cannon ball damaged the original rock during a Civil War skirmish.
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Livestock live here too and complement the pioneer days' farmstead history of the place. Registered Tennessee Walking Horses and Spotted Saddle Horses roam two pastures, while two others are home to a herd of pretty red Beefmaster cattle. Miniature horses run the 'graveyard' pasture. The goats have another area, including the quarry where marble was taken to build the house 200 yards away.
Chickens, turkey and rabbits claim the barnyard and share it with the barn-cats.
Dogs are here too, of course. Our favorite time is spring, when up to a dozen fuzzy, snow white Great Pyrenees pups are around. Momma Pyrenees is pretty year 'round and stays busy guarding the goats and chickens from the coyotes that continue to increase, and make many a cold winter night colder with their eerie howls.
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Remodeled & restored dog-run
In 2003 we finally finished the restoration project to replace the attached kitchen and dog-run. First we converted a shed near the barn to a bunkhouse: ran water & electricity, put in a floor and ceiling, added a bathroom and a wood-burning stove. For 13 months Anne and Frank lived in it while dismantling the original kitchen piece by piece, then rebuilding. We recycled all of the salvageable original logs and timbers. We moved back in to the old house in December 2003. It's now much more practical to host tours and groups.
If you have questions or suggestions or wish to schedule a tour of the Old Stone House Farm, let us know.
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Right & Above. Before & during kitchen/dogrun remodeling.
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Images of the Old Stone House
Main bedroom
One of 4 fireplaces
Doll (bed)room
Upstairs
Summer view
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