The Beasley-Parham House is located in the vicinity of Greenbrier,

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. The house is a double pen

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design, consisting of two

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pens, each with an exterior

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, that were originally connected by an open breezeway (the "dogtrot"). The breezeway was enclosed with siding some time before the end of the 19th century. It was listed on the

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in 1988. When listed the property included two

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, and four

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on .

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Williamson County, Tennessee Greek Revival houses in Tennessee Dogtrot architecture in Tennessee Double pen architecture in Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Williamson County, Tennessee {{WilliamsonCountyTN-NRHP-stub