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Mar 13, 2022
Media: Watercolor
Size: 5x8 in
For as many years as I’ve traveled from Franklin to Columbia on Carters Creek Pike, I have forever admired an old brick house that sat beside the old road, but instead of facing it, faced south. That’s the mark of a really old house in this county, one that doesn’t even face the road. Known as “The Federal,” it was built in 1843 by Maury County Master Builder Nathan Vaught. The bricks used to construct the old home were crafted- molded and fired- right on the property. The Poplar floors were sourced locally. The home, like so many of this age, as been added on to over the decades. Each addition has its own foundation which is evident when viewing the home from the side. The large stones used to create the front porch are said to have been pulled by mules from a quarry in Knoxville, more than 200 miles away. The home’s original porch wrapped around to the side of the house. And the back of the house had its own porch that led to the coal house, smoke house, and the generating room for the gas lighting. Only the smoke house remains today. The family who currently resides at The Federal chose this location because they love historic homes, but they also needed land for the many rescued, formerly abused, and disabled animals they have adopted. During the 2021 APTA Maury Christmas Home Tour, I had the pleasure to pet a goat with a wonky foot and view a blind horse. Not sure where the six donkeys came from, but they guard the property like four-legged soldiers. From an article written by Richard Quin for the Tennessee Encyclopedia we learn that Nathan Vaught was actually born in Virginia but moved to Rutherford County with his parents right after the turn of the 19th century. However, his mother passed away in 1805 and his father in 1807, leaving Nathan and his siblings orphans. They were cared for by a couple by the name of Radford who moved to Columbia in 1808. However, Mrs. Radford died the following year, eleven-year-old Vaught was bound out by the Maury County Court to cabinetmaker James Purcell to learn that trade. “In 1811 Purcell abandoned cabinetmaking and began building houses, teaching Vaught the basics of carpentry and construction. Vaught worked under Purcell as a journeymen carpenter until Purcell’s death in 1821, at which time he began building houses on his own.
For as many years as I’ve traveled from Franklin to Columbia on Carters Creek Pike, I have forever admired an old brick house that sat beside the old road, but instead of facing it, faced south. That’s the mark of a really old house in this county, one that doesn’t even face the road. Known as “The Federal,” it was built in 1843 by Maury County Master Builder Nathan Vaught. The bricks used to construct the old home were crafted- molded and fired- right on the property. The Poplar floors were sourced locally. The home, like so many of this age, as been added on to over the decades. Each addition has its own foundation which is evident when viewing the home from the side. The large stones used to create the front porch are said to have been pulled by mules from a quarry in Knoxville, more than 200 miles away. The home’s original porch wrapped around to the side of the house. And the back of the house had its own porch that led to the coal house, smoke house, and the generating room for the gas lighting. Only the smoke house remains today. The family who currently resides at The Federal chose this location because they love historic homes, but they also needed land for the many rescued, formerly abused, and disabled animals they have adopted. During the 2021 APTA Maury Christmas Home Tour, I had the pleasure to pet a goat with a wonky foot and view a blind horse. Not sure where the six donkeys came from, but they guard the property like four-legged soldiers. From an article written by Richard Quin for the Tennessee Encyclopedia we learn that Nathan Vaught was actually born in Virginia but moved to Rutherford County with his parents right after the turn of the 19th century. However, his mother passed away in 1805 and his father in 1807, leaving Nathan and his siblings orphans. They were cared for by a couple by the name of Radford who moved to Columbia in 1808. However, Mrs. Radford died the following year, eleven-year-old Vaught was bound out by the Maury County Court to cabinetmaker James Purcell to learn that trade. “In 1811 Purcell abandoned cabinetmaking and began building houses, teaching Vaught the basics of carpentry and construction. Vaught worked under Purcell as a journeymen carpenter until Purcell’s death in 1821, at which time he began building houses on his own.
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