"A council house was a large, circular, windowless building often built on a mound. The walls were made of saplings woven together then plastered with mud."
It really depends on the terms of the contract - READ IT! Some contracts stipulate that the land belongs to the council while the buildings belong to the lessee. Others have a lease-to-buy option,...
The state of Tennessee is supposedly named after a Cherokee village "Tanasi" in a liberal sense this is true as the 'english' attempt at saying Tanasi is close to Tennessee.