An article in the Purple Sewanee states that John Castleberry’s house was the first one built in the village. His house was made of logs and was first located where the post office once stood. Later this house was moved across the railroad and became part of the larger house. The logs were covered with boards. This house is the only one recorded as still standing in the Sewanee Village after the Civil War. Old timers say the Castleberry house and William Tomlinson’s house on Kentucky Avenue are the oldest houses in the town of Sewanee. The Castleberry house is located behind the laundry on the right side.
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