This quaint 3 bedroom 3 bath Gothic cottage with approximately 2,950 square feet was designed and its construction supervised by the renowned architect Fletcher Sloane. Sloane came to Bolivar to rebuild the Hardeman County Courthouse which had been burned by the Federals on May 4, 1868. Following the completion of the Courthouse in 1868, Sloan designed this home for Bolivars Mayor, Charles M. Wellons. Construction was completed in 1869. The home later served the First Presbyterian Church for a manse for their ministers. After the church purchased another home for the use of their pastor...s, the home was divided into apartments and many young married couples began their married life under its roof. In 1968 the home was purchased by Sam W. L. Thompson who began its restoration. Renovation was finally competed in 1976 and the Thompsons occupied the property in September of that year. The home was included in the North main Historic District by the National Register of Historic Places in the late 1970s. The home is one of the two houses in Bolivar which were included in the book, Architecture in Tennessee, 1798-1897 by James Patrick, 1981.