Latta House (Dyersburg, Tennessee)
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Latta House | |
Location | 947 Troy Ave., Dyersburg, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°2′31″N 89°23′6″W / 36.04194°N 89.38500°W |
Built | 1852 |
Architect | Samuel Rankin Latta |
NRHP reference No. | 78002586[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1978 |
Latta House is a historic house in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The house was built in 1852 by Samuel Rankin Latta. Latta was a Pennsylvania native who had moved to Tennessee and worked as a lawyer and teacher. He served as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. His Civil War letters to his wife, Mary, are in the Tennessee State Library and Archives. The letters include a first-hand account of the Battle of Shiloh.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Merritt, Roger A. (1990). "LATTA, SAMUEL RANKIN (1827-1910) PAPERS, 1848-1862" (PDF). Tennessee State Library and Archives.
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