General James Alexander Fowler (1863-1955) moved to Clinton upon graduation from East Tennessee Wesleyan University in 1884. After serving as principal of Clinton High School for about a year, he was admitted to the bar in 1886 and began the practice of law. He built this home in 1899 on the corner of what was then Norcross and Phillip Streets. Moving to Knox County a few years later, Fowler served as mayor of Knoxville 1927-1929 and was appointed U.S. Assistant Attorney General by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. The home was later purchased by William Wilburn Medaris (1855-1918) and Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” Shinlever Medaris (1854-1928), founders of Clinton Drug Store in 1895. The home was sold in 1942 by Cora Medaris, widow of W.W. and Mattie Medaris’ son Glenn, who served as mayor of Clinton 1924-1929. In 1948, the home became the first building in Anderson County used to treat children with cerebral palsy. The home was operated by Roy and Edna Gossage whose son, Daniel, was the namesake for the Daniel Arthur Rehabilitation Center.