| 词条 | Hickory Hill (Thomson, Georgia) |
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| name =Thomas E. Watson House | nrhp_type = nhl | image = Hickory Hill 1.jpg | caption = | location= 502 Hickory Hill Drive, Thomson, Georgia | coordinates = {{coord|33|28|15|N|82|30|43|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Georgia#USA | area = {{convert|70|acre|ha}} | built =1864[1] | architect= Wilson, John; Thomas E. Watson | architecture= Greek Revival | designated_nrhp_type = May 11, 1976[1] | added = May 11, 1976[2] | governing_body = Private | refnum=76002144 }}Hickory Hill, also known sometimes as the Thomas E. Watson House, is a historic house museum at 502 Hickory Hill Drive in Thomson, Georgia. A National Historic Landmark, it was a home of Georgia Populist Party co-founder Thomas E. Watson (1856-1922).[3][1] Description and historyHickory Hill is located on a wooded {{convert|70|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land, bounded on the north by Magnolia Drive, the east by North Lee Street, the south by Hickory Hill Drive, and the west by the Thomson city line. The centerpiece of the estate is a handsome two story wood frame house, with a side gable roof and weatherboard siding. A large Classical Greek Revival dentillated and pedimented portico projects from its front, supported by four two-story Ionic columns.[3] The core of the house is an Italianate structure, built about 1864 by Captain John Wilson. It was purchased in 1900 by Thomas E. Watson, a Thomson native who was then already a significant force in Georgia politics. Watson spent several years altering and modernizing the house, transforming it into a Greek Revival masterpiece, and introducing all of the latest modern amenities, including running water, central heat, and electric lighting, the first place in the city with that feature. The house remained his home until his death in 1922. In 1954 it passed to his grandson, Walter Brown, and is now owned by the nonprofit Watson-Brown Foundation.[3] Hickory Hill is one of three houses associated with Thomas E. Watson in Thomson, all three of which are now owned by the same foundation and operated as museum properties. His birthplace, a crude log cabin, was moved from the plantation on which he was born to its present location at Tom Watson Way and Bethany Drive and restored. His home before Hickory Hill is adjacent to the cabin, at 312 Tom Watson Way. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1700&ResourceType=Building |title=Thomas E. Watson House |accessdate=2008-04-28 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131023348/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1700&ResourceType=Building |archivedate=2009-01-31 |df= }} 2. ^{{NRISref|2007a}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hickory Hill; Thomas E. Watson House|url={{NHLS url|id=76002144}} |format=pdf|date=January 1976 |author=Mary Jane Gregory and Ralph Christian |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=76002144|title=Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1975|photos=y}} {{small|(32 KB)}} External links
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