Frank Landers & Dr. Anne Landers
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Frank Landers & Dr. Anne Landers
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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".
Built between 1752 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 in Indian territory (Territory South of the Ohio), the house has stood in 3 different states while never moving: first North Carolina, then Franklin, and for the last 204 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. About 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 the 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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Anne's interests
While she's not on the farm or doing historical research, Dr. Landers still teaches graduate courses for Tusculum College's master's program.
She's currently planning details to replace the attached kitchen with a 162-year old log cabin. We found the cabin on a ridge less than a mile from the old stone house and dismantled it in 1999. Plans are to recreate the dog-run and use the log cabin for a cooking kitchen with period furnishings.
If you have questions or suggestions or wish to schedule a tour of the Old Stone House Farm, let us know.
Contact us by E-Mail at FLand49@aol.com
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The Farm at the Old Stone House
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. 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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