The Tower House

Tennessee · USA · Hotel

John P Adams lost his wife May and his toddler son Marion around the time he began building his tower house at Manchester, Tennessee. He lived there until.

The Tower House at Manchester, Tennessee was built by John P Adams, the main financial contributor to the founding of the People's Bank and Trust Company and its first president. His house took its name from the tower rising above the rest of the structure.

Around the time he began building it, both his wife May and his toddler son Marion died. He went on living in the house alone, and stayed there until 1943.

His holdings included several lots running toward the town square and a store that still stands at 210 Spring Street on the historic square.

Since 1963, a small number of people have been willing to say publicly that they have heard May in the house. The word used in the accounts is brave, and it is the right one: in a town this size, saying so out loud has a cost.

A man built a large house for a family that died before he could move them into it, and then lived in it by himself for the better part of forty years. Very little needs to be added to that.

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Hvor ligger The Tower House?

The Tower House ligger i Tennessee, USA.