Water Street Historic District (Clifton, Tennessee)

The Water Street Historic District, in Clifton, Tennessee, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

Water Street Historic District
LocationWater St. (State Route 128) between Polk and Cedar Sts., Clifton, Tennessee
Coordinates35.3875°N 87.9925°W / 35.3875; -87.9925
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Gable-front and wing
NRHP reference No.92000829[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 1992

It includes about 10 acres (4.0 ha) of residential property along Water St. (Tennessee State Route 128) between Polk and Cedar Sts. in Clifton.[2] In 1992 it included 14 contributing buildings and two non-contributing ones on eight parcels. The north edge of three of those parcels is the Tennessee River.[2]

It is located less than 200 yards (180 m) from the Clifton Ferry Landing; the Clifton Ferry was one of the last eight ferries surviving in Tennessee in 1992.[2] The ferry has since closed, apparently.

The historic resources in the district were built from about 1870 to 1940; "the remains of late nineteenth and early twentieth century prosperity survive in the domestic architecture of Water Street."[2] This period was the post-Civil War boom period in the town.[3] The district has architecture ranging from Queen Anne's and Minimal Traditional architecture.[3]

T.S. Stribling Museum

It includes a home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author T.S. Stribling (1881-1965), which is now the T.S. Stribling Museum.[4] It is one of three bungalows in the district, which were all built between 1924 and 1930.[2] The museum's building, the T.S. Stribling House, also known as the Kloss-Stribling House, is a two-story house which was built for T. L. Kloss in 1924.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System – (#92000829)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Water Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 20, 2022. With accompanying ten photos from 1991
  3. SR-69 Proposed Improvements, SR-15 to SR-202, Decatur, Hardin and Wayne Counties: Environmental Impact Statement. 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. "T.S. Stribling Museum". City of Clifton.


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