Gov. Prentice Cooper House | |
Location | 413 East Lane Street, Shelbyville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 35°29′6″N 86°27′12″W / 35.48500°N 86.45333°W |
Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
Built | 1904 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 75001729 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 5, 1975 |
The Gov. Prentice Cooper House is a historic house in Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States.
The house was built in 1904 for William Prentice Cooper, based on the design of a house he owned in Henderson, Kentucky. [2] Cooper Sr. served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1915 to 1916. [2] His son, Prentice Cooper, served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1923 until 1925 and in the Tennessee Senate from 1937 to 1939, and as the Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945; he was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Peru in 1946, and he served in this capacity until 1948. [2] By 1950, Cooper Jr still lived in the house with parents and his wife, although a new guesthouse was built for them by Peruvian builders in 1952. [2] By the 1970s, the house still belonged to the Cooper family, including his son Congressman Jim Cooper. [2]
The house was designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 5, 1975. [3]