Cornsilk (Cross Plains, Tennessee)

Cornsilk is a historic house in Cross Plains, Tennessee, United States. It was built circa 1850 for Thomas Stringer.^[2] In the 1930s, it was acquired by author Andrew Nelson Lytle, who renamed it "for his ancestral home in Alabama."^[2]

Cornsilk
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cornsilk
Interactive map showing the location of Cornsilk
Nearest city	Cross Plains, Tennessee
Coordinates	36°38′06″N 86°37′54″W
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1850 (1850)
Architectural style	Tennessee Vernacular
NRHP reference No.	74002266[1]
Added to NRHP	January 11, 1974

The house was designed in the Tennessee Vernacular architectural style.^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 11, 1974.^[3]