Lewis/Lyle House was the home of Major Thomas W. Lewis, a Confederate veteran of the 14th Tennessee Volunteer Regiment, who made the first plea for pensions for Tennessee Confederate veterans. The original home was built in the early 1800's and was burned in 1890 by a man who was angry at Major Lewis. It was rebuilt in the Greek Revival style on its original foundation with bricks made on the property, and its architecture was fashioned after a mansion in Charleston, S.C.