The Ida New and William Madison Turner Farm is a historic farmhouse in

Lebanon, Tennessee Lebanon is the county seat of Wilson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 38,431 at the 2020 census. Lebanon is located in Middle Tennessee, approximately east of downtown Nashville. Lebanon is part of the Nashville Metropolit ...

. It was built in 1913-1914 for Ian New and William Madison Turner on land they purchased from Eula and Jep Lain. With The fence was completed circa 1920. There are several other buildings on the farm, including a

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built in 1960, a smokehouse and a washhouse. The farm was taken over by their son Van New Turner in 1941, although his mother continued to live on the property until her death in 1950. Turner lived here with his wife, Nancy Moore. By the 1990s, it belonged to Anne Turner Overton, one of their descendants. The main farmhouse was designed in the

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architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 7, 1995.

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National Register of Historic Places in Wilson County, Tennessee Buildings and structures completed in 1914 American Foursquare architecture in Tennessee Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee {{WilsonCountyTN-NRHP-stub