Boxwood (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
Boxwood, also known as the Thomas J.B. Turner House, is an antebellum plantation house in southwestern Rutherford County, Tennessee, near Murfreesboro in the historic Salem community.
Boxwood | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The plantation house | |
| Nearest city | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°48′37″N 86°27′9″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, vernacular Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000139 |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 1984 |
The house was built by Thomas J. B. Turner and his wife, Sarah Jetton Turner, and completed in 1843. It is a two-story brick house built on an I-house plan. Greek Revival architectural influences characteristic of antebellum architecture are evident in its design, which features a divided pedimented portico with square Doric columns and a balustrade. The name of the house derives from the boxwood plantings on the grounds, which are said to have originated with plants that Turner brought to Tennessee in a powder horn.
The Union Army occupied Boxwood during the Civil War.
Boxwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.