Christopher Taylor House

Christopher Taylor House

One of Tennessee's oldest buildings, built in 1777/1778 by Christopher Taylor, a veteran of the French and Indian War and a Major in the American Revolutionary War, who fought alongside John Sevier at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The Christopher Taylor House often hosted boarders traveling along the prominent stage road in the late 1700s; among them was future President Andrew Jackson, a young lawyer at the time. Originally located about one mile southwest of its current location, it was moved intact in 1974 to avoid demolition.