 Michael Thomas Gavin is the preservation specialist for the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, administered by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. He has also served as an adjunct professor in the History Department at MTSU. Gavin received a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and a M.A. in history from MTSU. For twenty-five years, he was president of a restoration company that specialized in rehabilitating historic buildings.
Gavin’s current research areas include the Civil War, African American history, Tennessee’s charcoal iron industry, and vernacular architecture, particularly log buildings. Some recent publications include Barns of Tennessee [with Caneta S. Hankins] (Virginia Beach: Donning Company, 2009); “War Comes to Iron Country: Middle Tennessee’s Defense Industry during the Civil War.” West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 63 (2009); Restoration Guide for Historic Log Houses (Murfreesboro: TCWNHA, 2007); and “Building with Wood, Brick, and Stone: Vernacular Architecture in Tennessee, 1770-1900,” in A History of Tennessee Arts: Creating Traditions, Expanding Horizons (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004). |
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