Tennessee - Putnam County
Putnam County Tennessee has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Burgess Falls Hydroelectric Station, Algood Methodist Church, Arcade, The, Broad Street Church of Christ and Buffalo Valley School.

The famous person Richard Henry Harding is associated with one of more of the Putnam County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Putnam County places including J.A. Switzer, Stephen Decatur Burton, Gillian Maxwell, Joseph F. Scott, Hunt,Reuben H.,& Co., William Smoot and P.H. Black. Prominent architectural styles found in Putnam Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Chicago.

Algood Methodist Church (added 1979 - - #79002454)
Also known as Algood United Methodist Church
158 Wall St , Algood
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Arcade, The (added 1979 - - #79002455)
Also known as The Arceade Building
7--13 S. Jefferson Ave. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Maxwell,Gillian
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Broad Street Church of Christ (added 2002 - - #01001567)
Also known as Central Emmanuel Baptist Church
157 E. Broad St. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Buffalo Valley School (added 2006 - - #06000548)
2717 Buffalo Valley School Rd. , Buffalo Valley
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Library, Meeting Hall
Burgess Falls Hydroelectric Station (added 1990 - - #90001006)
SR 135 over Falling Water R. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Cookeville Railroad Depot (added 1985 - - #85002773)
Also known as Tennessee Central Railroad Depot
Broad and Cedar Sts. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Cowen Farmstead (added 2005 - - #05000205)
Also known as Cowan House; Fahey House, The heritage; Farmer House
2671 Little Indian Creek Rd. , Buffalo Valley
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
First Presbyterian Church (added 2010 - - #10001060)
20 N Dixie Ave, Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Harding Studio (added 1992 - - #92000355)
43 W. Broad St. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Harding,Richard Henry
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Work In Progress
Henderson Hall (added 1985 - - #85002754)
Also known as Industrial Arts Building
Tennessee Technological University, Dixie Ave. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hunt,Reuben H.,& Co.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
John's Place (added 2011 - - #11000085)
11 Gibson Ave, Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Science Building, The (added 2017 - - #100000858)
1 William L. Jones Drive, Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Farr, T. J.
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1929-1962 AD
United States Post Office and Court House (added 2014 - - #14001053)
Cookeville, Cookeville
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
West End Church of Christ Silver Point (added 2007 - - #07001270)
Also known as Silver Point Christian Institute
14360 Center Hill Dam Rd. , Silver Point
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
White Plains (added 2009 - - #09000538)
Also known as PM 883
2700 Old Walton Rd. , Cookeville
BrineStans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burton, Stephen Decatur
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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