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Col. John Williams House

Col. John Williams House Col. John Williams House - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Colonel John Williams House in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, was built in 1825–1826 by the slaves of Melinda White Williams, wife of Colonel John Williams,Knoxville's Fragile Fifteen , Knox Heritage Quarterly, Summer 2007, page 8. while he was away serving as Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala for President John Quincy Adams. (Melinda White was a daughter of Knoxville's founder, James White.) The home is designed in the Federal style, with a noteworthy pediment with a fanlight at the roofline. Read more on Wikipedia

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