James K. Polk – Price Undetermined, Ancestral Home, Columbia, Tennessee

The Polk ancestral house was built by Samuel Polk in 1816. Samuel was James K. Polk’s father. During his early adult years, James lived there for six years. All other private homes that President Polk lived at have been destroyed. The ancestral home is two stories high, made of brick, has a gabled roof, and is shaped like an ‘L’. James used it as his residence occasionally until he left for Nashville to study law in 1824. He lived there briefly again after his studies were through and opened a law office. That same year, he made Sarah Childress his bride and moved into a home down the road.