Bethesda | |
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Coordinates: 35°45′40.4″N86°47′34.2″W / 35.761222°N 86.792833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee |
Counties | Williamson |
Elevation | 799 ft (244 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Bethesda, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in rural southeastern Williamson County, Tennessee. [1]
According to a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources, conducted by staff of the Tennessee Historical Commission:
Bethesda was formed along Rutherford Creek in the early 1800s as a small community serving the needs of area farms. Several early settlers built log and frame homes in the area such as the Bond and Steele families. The Bethesda Methodist Church was organized in 1832 and a brick church was constructed in 1844. Of the homes constructed in the Bethesda area the William Steele House is the most notable and unaltered. No historic commercial buildings survive. [2]
In the spring of 1861 the Webb Guards company of the Tennessee infantry was raised from the towns of Triune, College Grove, Peytonsville and Bethesda. The company was then organized as Company D of the 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. [3]
The William Steele House is located on Bethesda-Arno Road, 1/2 mile east of Bethesda. It was built in 1850 and was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [4]
Bethesda is also the location of Smithson-McCall Farm, which was listed on the National Register in 2007. [1] [4]
The locations in Bethesda include Bethesda Elementary School, Bethesda Market & Deli, and the now closed Bethesda High School building that is adjacent to the elementary school and now serves as a spot for recreational basketball and baseball. The school's old library is also utilized and is the Bethesda Public Library. In April 2022, runaway fugitive couple Casey and Vicky White also passed through Bethesda on their escape and abandoned their car on Banner Adams Road on the outskirts of town.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Williamson County, Tennessee.
College Grove is an unincorporated community near Franklin and Murfreesboro in Williamson County, Tennessee. College Grove is predominantly rural.
Smithson–McCall Farm is a 256.3-acre (103.7 ha) historic district in Bethesda, Tennessee. The farm was listed under the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The listing claims that the property "documents the impact of the progressive agricultural movement of the early twentieth century on the operations and landscape of a middle-class family farm," and includes an "architecturally significant group of buildings and structures, placed within an agricultural landscape of high integrity...that represents a good example of farmstead architecture in Middle Tennessee and that reflects the impact of the Progressive Farm movement of the early twentieth century".
The William Boyd House, also known as All Bright Hill, is a c. 1800 double-pen house in Franklin, Tennessee, United States.
The Spencer Buford House is a property in Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The main house was built about 1813. The property is also known as Roderick, in honor of the horse Roderick, a favorite horse of Confederate cavalry and irregular forces Nathan Bedford Forrest.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic church in Franklin, Tennessee, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 1988, a National Register study of Williamson County historical resources described it as "one of the finest remaining" Gothic Revival style churches in middle Tennessee. The building was completed in 1834.
The Jordan–Williams House is an Italianate style house in Nolensville, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The Robert Hodge House, also known as Sullivan Farm House, is a ca. 1900 Queen Anne and Colonial Revival house in Franklin, Tennessee.
The John Crafton House is a historic property in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1988.
Burwood, Tennessee is an unincorporated community in southwestern Williamson County, Tennessee.
The Jacob Critz House is a c. 1835 center-hall house in Thompson's Station, Tennessee, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. When listed the property included one contributing building, one non-contributing building, and one non-contributing structure, on 1.7 acres (0.69 ha). The property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.
The Forest Hills School in Franklin, Tennessee was built in 1907. Along with Liberty School and Liberty Hill School, it is one of the three best surviving examples in Williamson County of one room schoolhouses built during 1900–1920. While most of these schools have been lost, they once provided the majority of public education in the county.
The Samuel B. Lee House, also known as Maplewood, is a house in Duplex, in the U.S. state of Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listed area was increased from 72 to 398 acres and the property listing name was changed to Maplewood Farm 1993.
The Triangle School is a property in Fairview, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It has also been known as New Union Valley School.
The Samuel F. Glass House is a property in Franklin, Tennessee that dates from 1859. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It has also been known as Pleasant View.
The Nathaniel Smithson House is a property in Peytonsville, Tennessee, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The Sparkman–Skelley Farm is a property in Boston, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It has also been known as Sparkman Farm and as Skelley Farm. It dates from c.1846.
The William Steele House is a property in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It dates from c.1850. It includes Central passage plan and other architecture. When listed the property included three contributing buildings and three contributing structures on an area of 5.5 acres (2.2 ha). The NRHP eligibility of the property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.
Duplex is an unincorporated community in Williamson County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
The James Giddens House is a property in Thompsons Station, Tennessee, United States, that dates from c.1900 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It has also been known as Moss Side Farm. It includes Classical Revival architecture. When listed the property included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures on an area of 4.6 acres (1.9 ha).