The Beeches is a historic mansion in

Springfield, Tennessee Springfield is a city in and the county seat of Robertson County, Tennessee, Robertson County, which is located in Middle Tennessee on the northern border of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city's population was 18, ...

, United States.

History

The mansion was completed in 1869. It was designed in the

Italianate architectural style The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italia ...

. It was built for

John Woodard John Exum Woodard (May 8, 1855 – March 4, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer from North Carolina. He served as mayor of Wilson, North Carolina, in 1882. He served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1884 to ...

, who served in the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

. He gifted the mansion to his son, Albert G. Woodard, in 1889. By 1938, the property was sold to J.W. Helm. By the 1980s, it belonged to Robert Brown, Jr. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 25, 1982. The Home is currently a private residence.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Italianate architecture in Tennessee Houses completed in 1869 Buildings and structures in Robertson County, Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Robertson County, Tennessee {{RobertsonCountyTN-NRHP-stub