James Gilliland House

James Gilliland House is a Tennessee historical marker in Bedford County.

Gilliland Historical Resource Center, Inc. 803 Lipscomb Street, Shelbyville, Tennessee 37160

Get directions ↗Start a road trip Historical trails

Born on November 15, 1858, James S. Gilliland, an African American native of Shelbyville and self-taught stone mason, work extensively with limstone. He envisioned turning his log house into a stone home with fifteen-inch-thick walls quarried over six years. Some pieces weighing hundreds of pounds. Today the home has sections of walls open to highlight his mastery in craftsmanship. He died on December 12, 1949. Side 2: JAMES S. GILLILAND HOUSE Gilliland's stone masonry can be seen at many notable homes and businesses in Bedford County, including the Court House. In 1975, the James S. Gilliland House was listed in the National Regiter of Historic Places for its importance as a remarkable example of teh Aftrican american building skill and masonry. The Gilliland Historical Resource Center, Inc. promotes and commemorates Gilliland's importance along wiithe multicultural heritage of Bedord County through programming and the collection of memorbilia.

TodayHistorical map

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Middle Tennessee Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Example

For example, one family's tree showed the Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania standing under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.

What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

The marker isn't at this spotOur pin may be off. If you know where it stands, tell us.I couldn't find the markerWe record what the source recorded. We have not been to look.The sign reads differentlyThat would be an error, and we can pass it to the program.The historical map looks wrongThe period map behind the pin, not the marker itself.Something else

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

Marker text and location from the Tennessee Historical Commission, as the Commission publishes them on its marker map.

More markers nearby

Rosenwald Recreation and Community Centerunder 1 mi
Confederate Cemeteryunder 1 mi
Church of the Redeemerunder 1 mi
Henry Brevard Davidson January 28, 1831 - March 4, 1899under 1 mi

On the National Register nearby

James Gilliland House160 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.