PROFILBARU.COM

Lea Springs
	Lea Springs
	Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Frontage view of Lea Springs
Nearest city	Blaine, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°11′34″N 83°41′37″W / 36.19278°N 83.69361°W
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1819
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	75001754
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1975
Removed from NRHP	June 20, 2023

Lea Springs was a historic mansion in Lea Springs, Tennessee near the city of Blaine, Tennessee. It was built by slaves in 1819 for Pryor Lea, who grew up at Richland.^[2] Lea became a politician in Tennessee and Texas, and he was a founding trustee of the University of Mississippi.^[2] He died in 1879, and the house was remodeled as a resort in the 1880s.^[2]

The house was designed in the Federal architectural style.^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 29, 1975.^[1] The mansion was demolished in 2008, and the property was delisted in 2023.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jon Coddington (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lea Springs". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2018. With accompanying four photos from 1973

This article about a property in Grainger County, Tennessee on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[nrhpdoc-2] Jon Coddington (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lea Springs". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2018. With accompanying four photos from 1973

[1]

[2]