The Newton Cannon House is a property in College Grove, Tennessee, that was the home of Newton Cannon, a U.S. Congressman and Governor of Tennessee. The earliest section of the building was built circa 1800 as a log structure.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the house was burned in an arson fire on January 27, 1987,[3] it was removed from the National Register.[1][2][4]

Newton Cannon House
LocationTaliaferro Rd., College Grove, Tennessee
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc. 1800 and c. 1820
NRHP reference No.84003741[1]
Removed from NRHPFebruary 9, 1987

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Robert S. Brandt (1995), Touring the Middle Tennessee backroads, John F. Blair, Publisher. Pages 180-181.
  3. ^ "4 men charged in arson of ex-governor's home". The Tennessean. January 28, 1987. p. B1. Retrieved August 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination". National Park Service.