The house was built in 1866 for Absalom Lowe Landis, a veteran of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War who served as a member of the Tennessee Senate.

[2] Their son, Prentice Cooper, served as the 39th Governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945, and redesigned the cellar in the 1950s.

[2] Their grandson, Jim Cooper, serves as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

[citation needed] The house was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.

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