A school and a sorority house among Tennessee sites that could join Historic Places registry
What do a Sumner County school building, Williamson County farm and Shelby County sorority house have in common?
An upcoming state review board hearing will decide their fates.
The board will review nominations for the Scattersville Public School and the Omicron Sigma Chapter House of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority to join the National Register of Historic Places and potentially increase the Harlinsdale Farm's boundary when it meets later this month, according to a press release from the Tennessee Historical Commission.
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The nearly 100-year-old Scattersville Public School, built circa 1928, sits at the intersection of Baptist Hill and Scattersville Roads in Portland, according to its National Register of Historic Places Registration Form.
The school closed in 1962, according to the Historical Marker Database. The building has also been used as a community center.
Harlinsdale Farm, a nearly 200-acre historic district at 239 Franklin Road in Franklin, was originally added to the National Register of Historic Places in May 2006, according to its registration form.
Established around 1900, the farm is pursuing a boundary increase that will include, "the Harlin House and two outbuildings at 315 Franklin Road, which were part of the farm from 1942 to 1974", the form said.
Agricultural buildings and land historically used for horse training rest within the confines of the historic district's original boundaries set nearly 20 years ago.
The Omicron Sigma Chapter House of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority was built around 1913 at 805 Saxon Avenue. John H. Fisher was the original owner of the home, according to its registration form.
The house was later used as the base of a local club before it was sold to the sorority on Aug. 22, 1957. It is directly across the street from the Historically Black LeMoyne-Owen College and sits near several other properties that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the registration form notes.
"The property’s exterior has changed very little since the date of its construction and exhibits a high degree ofintegrity in design, workmanship, and materials," the form reads.
These statewide nominations are set to go before the board at 9 a.m. on Sept. 20 at the Tennessee Historical Commission. Participants can attend the meeting in person at Clover Bottom Mansion, 2941 Lebanon Road in Nashville, or online via WebEX.
More than 2,000 entries from Tennessee are listed on the National Register, including 39 in Sumner County and 137 in Williamson County, according to the Tennessee Historical Commission as of Sept. 7, 2023.
At least one entry is attributed to every county in Tennessee, according to THC. Entries include homes, businesses, schools, bridges, cemeteries, churches and historic districts, among others.
The National Register of Historic Places at the U.S. Department of the Interior will review any of the three current nominations that meet the criteria, the release said.
Katie Nixon can be reached at knixon@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: These Tennessee sites could join National Register of Historic Places
