Circa 1834- Alexander Hamil House

Part of the Alexander Hamil House was built around 1834. There is a newer addition from the 1880s in front.

Location: 3753 Morganton Road, Maryville

The house is located a short distance outside of Maryville, to the southwest.

The Alexander Hamil house is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blount County, Tennessee. When the application was made to have the house included on the register, it included this information:

"The Alexander Hamil House is significant under Criterion C for its architectural design and evolution. The house is one of three identified in the county which share common building forms and evolution. All three houses originated as early two-story, double-cell brick homes which were enlarged with frame additions in the late 19 th century. These frame additions were placed at right angles to the original brick sections and this type of enlargement is unusual in Tennessee. No link has been established among these three residences and they are located in diverse sections of the county. Despite the 20 th century additions at the rear, the ca. 1885 form and design of the property is intact.

The builder of the original brick section is not known due to conflicting deed information. The earliest known owner of this residence was John N. Edmondson who lived there with his family in the 1860s and 1870s and possibly earlier. Tradition states that the brick section of the house was built ca. 1834 and its Flemish bond construction and floor plan support this date. The Edmondson family sold the house in 1877 and in 1885 the house was purchased by Alexander Hamil. Hamil enlarged the house into its present form by adding a two-story frame section at right angles to the original brick house. Hamil operated a farm of several hundred acres and his family occupied the house until it was sold in 1905 to Nathan Spradling. The Spradling family owned the house until the 1940s."

The Wikipedia page for the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blount County, Tennessee has a pretty good picture of this house. (although, in the picture, it looks like you can only see the 1880s portion of the house, not the 1830s part.)