GIER HOUSE

FRONT STREET

SECOND OLDEST BRICK DWELLING IN ERIN. HOUSE WAS BEING BUILT WHEN SOME HOSPITAL CARS FROM MEMPHIS WHICH WERE CARRING YELLOW FEVER VIC-TIMS WERE SIDETRACKED IN ERIN. THAT WAS 1878. STRUCTURE CONTAINS ORIGINAL YELLOW POPLAR FLOORS. WALLS ARE 13" THICK

Survey ID

HO-60

Original use

Residential Structure

Ethnic / cultural affiliation

White, Not Hispanic

Survey-noted threats

None/Property Stable

Type

building

County

Houston County

Sourced from the Tennessee Historic Resource Survey and the National Register of Historic Places. Some survey records carry limited detail.