The Bills-McNeal Historic District is a
historic district
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in
Bolivar, Tennessee
Bolivar is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. The town was named for South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,417.
Bolivar is served by Willia ...
which was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980. It then included nine
contributing buildings
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and one contributing site, on portions of Lafayette, McNeal, Bills, Union, Lauderdale and Washington Streets.
It includes:
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McNeal House (1856) designed by architect
Samuel Sloan at Bills and Union Street, asserted to be "the finest Italianate house in West Tennessee and among the most outstanding in the state." Two-story brick building with square
cupola
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The word derives, via Italian, from ...
.
[
*Hudson-Wood-Fish House (1835), 322 South Washington Street. ]Federal
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with Greek Revival
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-style portico
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[
*St. James Episcopal Church (1869), West Lafayette Street.][
*St. James Episcopal Chapel (1870), West McNeal Street.][
*Ingram House, "The Columns" (1860), 303 West McNeal Street. ]Greek Revival
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, remodeled in 1909 to add Colonial Revival
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The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...
portico and other[
*Wright-Smith House (1867), West McNeal Street.][
*Bills House, "The Pillars" (c.1831), 322 South Washington Street][
*Mark House "Wrens Nest" (c.1860), 308 Bills Street.][ With .]
See also
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References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Federal architecture in Tennessee
Greek Revival architecture in Tennessee
Gothic Revival architecture in Tennessee
Hardeman County, Tennessee
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