Denny P. Hadley House Explained

Denny P. Hadley House
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Coordinates:35.981°N -86.822°W
Built:c. 1840 and c. 1920
Architect:Asa Vaughn
Added:April 14, 1988
Mpsub:Williamson County MRA
Refnum:88000283

The Denny P. Hadley House is a house in Brentwood, Tennessee, United States, that dates from c.1840 and that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It has also been known as Green Pastures and as Hadleywood.

The structure is a two-story brick central passage plan house and other architecture. The house was considered notable as an example of brick ante-bellum central passage plan residence. When listed, the property included three contributing buildings and three non-contributing structures on an area of .[1]

Denny Porterfield Hadley was born in 1797 and moved to Williamson County in 1808. In 1821, Hadley married Elizabeth Smith, and they were gifted 200 acres of land by her father. Around 1840, the Hadleys hired builder Asa Vaugn to build the house, with most construction materials coming from their farm. During the Civil War, the house was used several times as a campsite by both armies.

The NRHP-eligibility of the property was covered in a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NPGallery Asset Detail. 2021-11-05. npgallery.nps.gov. en.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500624}} Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination ]. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission . February 1988 . National Park Service.