Aquone (pronounced uh-KWAN-nee) is the home in

Johnson City, Tennessee Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. John ...

, where

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jurist and historian Samuel Cole Williams lived in retirement. The home is listed on the

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. Aquone was built in 1925. It is a -story

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structure in the Colonial Revival style. Leland Cardwell, a Johnson City

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, designed the house, modeling it after the design of an unidentified Colonial mansion built in

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in 1748. The house is on a lot between Roan Street and U.S. Highway 11E and is screened from those roads by trees and a

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d lawn. At the time of its construction, the site was north of the city limits of Johnson City. The interior of Aquone is laid out according to the center hall plan, with an entrance hall and stairway flanked by a large formal living room on one side and a large formal dining room on the other side. An unusual feature of the house is a one and one-half-story library that is said to have been modeled after

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's study in his home at Abbotsford House. The living room and dining room both have fireplaces with

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-influenced mantels. The library fireplace also has a Georgian design. The name Aquone is reported to be a

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word for "resting place."

References

{{reflist Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Johnson City, Tennessee Houses completed in 1925 Colonial Revival architecture in Tennessee Houses in Washington County, Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Tennessee