Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Tennessee - Bedford County
Bedford County Tennessee has 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cooper, Gov. Prentice, House, Shelbyville Hydroelectric Station and Webb School, Junior Room, Bedford County Jail and Bell Buckle Historic District.

Many famous people are associated with these Bedford County historic places including W.R. "Sawney" Webb, William Prentice Cooper Sr., Colonel Barclay Martin, James S. Gilliland, Robert Montgomery and Erwin J. Frierson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bedford County places including Roberts & Co. Freeland, Foster & Creighton, James S. Gilliland, Jacob Morton Shofner, William H. Gosling, Congregation, Fred Swanton, Jacob Marton Shofner, Mixed and Erwin J. Frierson. Prominent architectural styles found in Bedford Country are Greek Revival, Queen Anne and Classical Revival.

Bedford County Jail (added 1975 - - #75001728)
N. Spring and Jackson Sts. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Bell Buckle Historic District (added 1976 - - #76001762)
Also known as See Also:Webb School, Junior Room
Irregular pattern bounded roughly by Webb Rd., Abernathy, Maple, Cumberland, and Church Sts. , Bell Buckle
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Webb,William R. "Sawney",et al.
Area of Significance:
Education, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Bivvins House (added 2009 - - #79002413)
Also known as Tonsmeire House
Off U.S. 41 , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Brame--Reed House (added 1998 - - #97001671)
Also known as Brame, Melchisedec;Reed, L.C., House;Woods, J.T., House
1550 TN 64 W , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Clark, Henry A., House (added 1985 - - #85001899)
Also known as The Castle
Fairfield Rd. , Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Cooper, Gov. Prentice, House (added 1975 - - #75001729)
413 E. Lane St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Cooper,William Prentice,Sr.,et al.
Significant Year:
1923, 1904, 1915
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Eakin, Spencer, Farm (added 1993 - - #93000564)
Also known as Springhill Farm
201 Nashville Dirt Rd. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Horticulture Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Horticulture Facility, Single Dwelling
East Shelbyville Historic District (added 1990 - - #90000594)
Bounded roughly by N. Brittian, Louisville & Nashville railroad tracks, Lane, Evans, Sandusky and Madison Sts. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mixed
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Evans, Winston, House (added 1989 - - #89002026)
306 E. Franklin St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Farrar Homeplace (added 1990 - - #90001657)
170 Ike Farrar Rd. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
First Presbyterian Church (added 1980 - - #80003780)
600 N. Brittain St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gosling,William H.
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Fly Manufacturing Company Building (added 1996 - - #96000226)
204 S. Main St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Raney,Col. John Morgan
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Frierson-Coble House (added 1982 - - #82003951)
404 N. Jefferson St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frierson,Erwin J.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Gothic, Federal
Historic Person:
Frierson,Erwin J.,et al.
Significant Year:
1880, 1835, 1845
Area of Significance:
Law, Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Gilliland, James, House (added 1975 - - #75001730)
803 Lipscomb St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Gilliland,James S.
Significant Year:
1898
Area of Significance:
Art, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Grassland Farm (added 1975 - - #75001731)
Also known as Alexander Greer House
8 mi. SW of Shelbyville on Snell Rd. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal
Historic Person:
Greer,Alexander
Significant Year:
1810, 1840
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Heidt Tavern--Singleton House (added 1991 - - #91000823)
Also known as Singleton Tavern
115 Dr. Jackson Rd. , Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Jenkins Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery (added 1997 - - #97001231)
364 Shofner Bridge Rd. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Shofner, Jacob Morton, Shofner, Loton
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Landis, Absalom Lowe, House (added 1987 - - #87001034)
Also known as Beech Hall
Thompson's Creek Rd. , Normandy
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Liberty Gap Battlefield (added 1999 - - #99000136)
Address Restricted , Bell Buckle
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Battle Site, Forest, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Forest, Single Dwelling
Maple Dean Farm (added 1995 - - #95000269)
400 New Herman Rd. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Swanton, Fred, Baxter, Jeff
Architectural Style:
Other, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage
Martin House (added 1972 - - #72001227)
7 mi. NE of Wartrace off TN 64 , Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal
Historic Person:
Martin, Colonel Barclay,et al.
Significant Year:
1809, 1813
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Single Dwelling
Normandy Historic District (added 1985 - - #85002786)
Roughly bounded by Maple and Poplar Sts., Tullahoma Rd., College St., and Old Manchester Rd. , Normandy
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Italianate, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Palmetto Farm (added 1985 - - #85000675)
Also known as Thomas Montgomery House
TN 64 , Palmetto
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Montgomery,Thomas
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Montgomery,Robert
Significant Year:
1847
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
River Side Farmhouse (added 1997 - - #97001501)
Also known as Shofner, Jacob Martin, House
497 Shofner Rd. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Shofner, Jacob Marton
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Shelbyville Courthouse Square Historic District (added 1982 - - #82001725)
Public Square (Main, Spring, Depot, and Holland Sts.) , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Specialty Store
Shelbyville Hydroelectric Station (added 1990 - - #89002354)
TN 231 at Duck River , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Shelbyville Railroad Station (added 1988 - - #88000265)
Depot St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Shofners' Lutheran Church and Cemetery (added 1998 - - #97001232)
Alt Us 41, 2 mi. W of jct. of Alt. US 41 and TN 130 , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Congregation
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Sims, John Green, House (added 1987 - - #87001937)
Normandy Rd. , Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Valley Home (added 1989 - - #89001956)
Also known as Cleveland,Jeremiah,House
Potts Rd., W of Wartrace , Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Walking Horse Hotel (added 1984 - - #84003262)
Also known as Hotel Overall
Spring St. , Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Hotel
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Hotel
Wartrace Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000914)
Also known as See Also:Walking Horse Hotel
Roughly Spring St. from Coffey to Main Sts., Vine St. from Broad to McKinley Sts. and Knob Cr. Rd. from Main to McKinley, Wartrace
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Italianate, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Webb School, Junior Room (added 1987 - - #73001751)
Also known as See Also:Bell Buckle Historic District
Off TN 82 , Bell Buckle
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Webb,W.R. "Sawney"
Significant Year:
1886
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
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