211 Salem Street - The Peacock Home, 1909

Built by J.W. Peacock, local physician and City Councilman 1907-1909 and 1919-1921, this house is unique in its form and materials. This is the only house in Davidson County with such extensive use of coursed and cut granite, delivered by horse drawn wagons when construction began in 1906. Representing the Victorian Eclectic period with influences from the Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles, distinctive features include the road turret with cone shaped roof, second level shingle siding, and decorative balustrade, bulls eye windows and arcaded front porch. The house became infamous when Dr. Peacock shot and killed Police Chief J.E. Taylor downtown during a Prohibition feud.

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