▁Kno x ▁County . ▁ ▁Alexander ▁Bishop , ▁the ▁house ' s ▁names ake , ▁purchased ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁and ▁his ▁descend ants ▁have ▁maintained ▁it ▁ever ▁since . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁the ▁house ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁late ▁eigh teenth - century ▁architecture ▁and ▁for ▁its ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁region ' s ▁settlement . ▁ ▁The ▁house ▁is ▁a ▁notable ▁surv iving ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁late ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁double - pen ▁long ▁house . ▁ ▁The ▁oldest ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁still ▁contains ▁several ▁features ▁common ▁to ▁early ▁front ier ▁houses , ▁such ▁as ▁full ▁do vet ail ▁joint s , ▁fire p laces ▁with ▁stone ▁found ations , ▁box ed ▁st airs , ▁and ▁broad ▁floor boards . ▁ ▁The ▁house ▁was ▁originally ▁orient ed ▁toward ▁old ▁Jack s bor o ▁Pi ke , ▁which ▁passed ▁through ▁the ▁area ▁roughly ▁along ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Ped igo ▁Road . ▁ ▁S omet ime ▁after ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁the ▁house ▁was ▁combined ▁with ▁an ▁adjacent ▁log ▁house . ▁ ▁The ▁cla p board ▁s iding ▁was ▁added ▁by ▁Bishop ▁during ▁the ▁latter ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century . ▁ ▁Stock ley ▁Don el son , ▁the ▁house ' s ▁builder , ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Middle ▁Tennessee ▁pione er ▁John ▁Don el son , ▁and ▁brother ▁of ▁Rach el ▁Jackson , ▁wife ▁of ▁Andrew ▁Jackson . ▁ ▁In