Alfred Buffat Homestead

Coordinates: 36°1′35.11″N 83°51′41.31″W / 36.0264194°N 83.8614750°W / 36.0264194; -83.8614750
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Alfred Buffat Homestead
Alfred Buffat Homestead is located in Tennessee
Alfred Buffat Homestead
Alfred Buffat Homestead is located in the United States
Alfred Buffat Homestead
Location1 mi N of Knoxville on Love Creek Rd
Nearest cityKnoxville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°1′35.11″N 83°51′41.31″W / 36.0264194°N 83.8614750°W / 36.0264194; -83.8614750
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.75001761[1]
Added to NRHPApril 1, 1975

The Alfred Buffat Homestead, also known as The Maples, is a historic home with several surviving outbuildings located on Love Creek Road in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Its architectural style is Italianate.[2]

Alfred Buffat was a French-Swiss immigrant. He built the first story of The Maples in 1867 for his bride. A second story was added three years later. The house has wood siding, with a modest front porch. The property originally included a grist mill and other buildings. In addition to the main house, the miller's cottage, smokehouses, wash house, barns and utility buildings are still standing.

The house is a private residence, and is not open to the public. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ The Future of Knoxville's Past: Historic and Architectural Resources in Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville Historic Zoning Commission, October 2006), page 18.

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  • Knoxville: Fifty Landmarks. (Knoxville: The Knoxville Heritage Committee of the Junior League of Knoxville, 1976), page 17.