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200:. During the time, Cragfont was the finest mansion on the Tennessee frontier and typified the grandeur and style of the best architecture of the late Georgian period. Named Cragfont because it stood on a rocky bluff with a spring at its base, the house is furnished with Federal antiques, some of which are original to the Winchester family. The basement of the house features an authentic weaving room. 51: 285: 293: 419: 515: 369: 475: 520: 485: 505: 403: 530: 456: 525: 490: 480: 510: 500: 495: 396: 204: 37: 449: 87: 389: 208: 442: 165: 62: 220: 185: 177: 169: 207:
and is open to the public. It is owned by the State of Tennessee and administered in partnership with the
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and a soldier against indigenous Native Americans. He is also credited with founding the city of
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Construction was started in 1798 and completed in 1802 by artisans from James' home state of
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property in Sumner County, Tennessee on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Sumner County, Tennessee
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
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by the non-profit group Historic Castalian Springs.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Castalian Springs, Tennessee
Gallatin, Tennessee
36°24′17″N 86°20′32″W / 36.4046°N 86.3422°W / 36.4046; -86.3422
70000618
Castalian Springs
Sumner County
Tennessee
Revolutionary War
Middle Tennessee
General James Winchester
Maryland
National Register of Historic Places
Tennessee Historical Commission
James Winchester (general)
brigadier general
War of 1812
Memphis, Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
John Overton
Haunted Live
Travel Channel
"Cragfont State Historic Site"
the original
"Haunted Live"
Cragfont
Official website of Cragfont
Cragfont
property in Sumner County, Tennessee on the National Register of Historic Places

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