Glen Echo (Franklin, Tennessee)

Glen Echo
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	N of Franklin off U.S. 31 on Spencer Creek Rd., Franklin, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°57′0″N 86°51′29″W / 35.95000°N 86.85806°WCoordinates: 35°57′0″N 86°51′29″W / 35.95000°N 86.85806°W
Area	14 acres (5.7 ha)
Built	c.1828
Architect	Ruff,Joseph
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	76001808 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1976

Glen Echo, also known as Harpeth Hall, is a property in Franklin, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is a former plantation house that is now the centerpiece and administrative office of the Battle Ground Academy campus.

It was designed and/or built c. 1828 by Joseph Ruff. The structure includes Federal architecture. The NRHP listing was for an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) with just one contributing building.^[1]

It was one of about thirty surviving antebellum "significant brick and frame residences" built in Williamson County that were centers of slave plantations. It is one of several of these located "on the rich farmland surrounding Franklin"; others were the Dr. Hezekiah Oden House, the Franklin Hardeman House and the Samuel Glass House, the Thomas Brown House, the Stokely Davis House, the Beverly Toon House and the Samuel S. Marten House.^[2]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988). "Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination" (PDF). National Park Service.