Falconhurst is a historic mansion in

McMinnville, Tennessee McMinnville is the largest city in and the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 13,605 at the 2010 census. It was named for Governor Joseph McMinn. Geography McMinnville is located at (35.686708, -85.779309) ...

, U.S. It was built in 1850 for

Asa Faulkner Asa Faulkner (July 16, 1802 - July 29, 1886) was an American businessman and politician. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate. Early life Asa Faulkner was born on July 16, 1802, in Edgefield County, South ...

, the owner of textile mills, and a politician who served as a member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

and the Tennessee Senate. It was later the private residence of

Charles Faulkner Bryan Charles Faulkner Bryan (July 26, 1911 – July 7, 1955) was an American composer, musician, music educator and collector of folk music. Life and career Bryan was born in McMinnville, Tennessee in 1911. He was attracted to music from a young age ...

, a composer of

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

who married into the Faulkner family. The house was designed in the

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and Greek Revival architectural styles. It has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

since August 26, 1982.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Federal architecture in Tennessee Greek Revival architecture in Tennessee Houses completed in 1850 National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Tennessee 1850 establishments in Tennessee {{WarrenCountyTN-NRHP-stub