Constantine Sneed House

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| name = Constantine Sneed House

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| location = 9135 Old Smyrna Rd.,
Brentwood, Tennessee

| coordinates = {{coord|36.01575|-86.77100|region:US-TN_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Tennessee#USA

| built = c.1825, c.1850 and c.1910

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| architecture = Double cell

| added = April 13, 1988

| area = {{convert|9.6|acre}}

| mpsub = Williamson County MRA

| refnum = 88000354 {{NRISref|version=2009a}}

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The Constantine Sneed House, also known as Windy Hill, is a historic mansion in Brentwood, Tennessee. It was one of four houses built by the Sneed family on the Old Smyrna Road.{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/f4615a08-2309-4e9e-9cec-4fc59c57e549/ |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Constantine Sneed House (WM-77) / Windy Hill |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=May 1, 2018}} With [https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5d74fd80-f11a-4df2-b7f1-4cc1385aa509 accompanying 10 photos from 1987]

History

The mansion was built circa 1825. It was built by Constantine Sneed (1790-1864), the son of James Sneed and the great-great-great-great uncle of Carly Fiorina, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War who received a land grant of 640 acres in Williamson County in 1798.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64500624}} |title=Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination |author=Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission |date=February 1988 |publisher=National Park Service}} One of Constantine Sneed's brothers was Reverend Joseph P. Sneed.{{cite web|title=Historic Brentwood: The Sneed Family.|url=https://brentwood-tn.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=95|website=City of Brentwood|accessdate=February 11, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011144828/https://brentwood-tn.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=95|archivedate=October 11, 2016}}

It is a two-story brick house, upon a fancy dressed limestone foundation, with brick on the front facade laid in Flemish bond and other facades having five course common bond.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988. When listed the property included the main, brick two-story house, which was the listing's one contributing building. It also included one contributing structure, one non-contributing building, and one non-contributing structure, on an area of {{convert|8.2|acre}}.

Constantine Sneed House

History

Architectural significance

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