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The H. G. W. Mayberry House, also known as Beechwood Hall, is a historic antebellum plantation house built in 1856 in Franklin, Tennessee.
The H. G. W. Mayberry House, also known as Beechwood Hall, is a historic antebellum plantation house built in 1856 in Franklin, Tennessee.
Plantation house
Beechwood Hall was the manor house of one of the three largestplantations
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
in Williamson, prior to the American Civil War. It had more than in area, and had many enslaved people laboring on it. The mansion's original owners were Sophronia Hunter Mayberry and Henry George Washington Mayberry.
It includes Greek Revival and Italianate style architectural elements.
The other two contenders for Williamson County's largest plantation are those of the Samuel F. Glass House plantation, and the "Ravenswood" plantation (James H. Wilson House), both also NRHP-listed.
The house was owned at various times by country music singers Hank Williams Sr.
Hank Williams (born Hiram Williams; September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, he reco ...
, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
See also
*Henry H. Mayberry House
The Henry H. Mayberry House, also known as "Riverview", is a private home in Franklin, Tennessee located on Franklin Pike (U.S. Route 31 in Tennessee, US 31) just north of the Harpeth River Bridge. Built in 1902 in Neo-Classical or Classical R ...
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Tennessee
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References
Houses in Franklin, Tennessee Houses completed in 1856 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Antebellum architecture Greek Revival houses in Tennessee Italianate architecture in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Williamson County, Tennessee {{WilliamsonCountyTN-NRHP-stub