Mitchell House - Lebanon, Tennessee
The Mitchell House, a large two story, rock-faced masonry building of the Neo-Classical Revival style, is located on the campus of the Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee (Wilson County). It faces south and is fronted by a large open lawn with huge scattered trees. Situated at the base of a gently sloping hill on which rests the castellated school for which the academy derived its name, the Mitchell House remains visible from West Main Street as the impressive focal point of the campus entrance. Built as a residence in 1906 by David E. Mitchell, who with I.W.P. Buchanan established the Castle Heights School in 1902, the Mitchell House was used as such until the mid to late 1920's when the academy acquired the estate and used the building to locate the Junior School. During its service as the Junior School, the mansion has been somewhat altered. The interior changes have resulted in the conversion of the upstairs bedrooms into class- rooms, the addition of several restroom facilities, the conversion of main floor rear parlors into offices and a kitchen, and the enclosure of the rear porch as a hallway. In addition, an apartment for the headmaster was added to the rear ell. Other than these alterations, which do not compromise the building's architectural integrity and involve no structural changes, the building appears very much the same as originally designed by the architects, Thompson, Gibel and Asmus, and still stands an excellent example of the high Neo-Classical Revival style as represented in a residential structure and among the city & county's most architecturally significant buildings of the twentieth century.
This house/home was listed on the NRHP on December 6, 1979. And all information above was taken from the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/684e2b61-d90e-4440-b05d-d...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Mitchell House - Lebanon, Tennessee
The Mitchell House, a large two story, rock-faced masonry building of the Neo-Classical Revival style, is located on the campus of the Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee (Wilson County). It faces south and is fronted by a large open lawn with huge scattered trees. Situated at the base of a gently sloping hill on which rests the castellated school for which the academy derived its name, the Mitchell House remains visible from West Main Street as the impressive focal point of the campus entrance. Built as a residence in 1906 by David E. Mitchell, who with I.W.P. Buchanan established the Castle Heights School in 1902, the Mitchell House was used as such until the mid to late 1920's when the academy acquired the estate and used the building to locate the Junior School. During its service as the Junior School, the mansion has been somewhat altered. The interior changes have resulted in the conversion of the upstairs bedrooms into class- rooms, the addition of several restroom facilities, the conversion of main floor rear parlors into offices and a kitchen, and the enclosure of the rear porch as a hallway. In addition, an apartment for the headmaster was added to the rear ell. Other than these alterations, which do not compromise the building's architectural integrity and involve no structural changes, the building appears very much the same as originally designed by the architects, Thompson, Gibel and Asmus, and still stands an excellent example of the high Neo-Classical Revival style as represented in a residential structure and among the city & county's most architecturally significant buildings of the twentieth century.
This house/home was listed on the NRHP on December 6, 1979. And all information above was taken from the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/684e2b61-d90e-4440-b05d-d...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the link below: