Historic Cedarwood. A Past Preserved.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Whites Creek Historic District is the best representation of an architecturally and historically significant rural community in Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson Country. Settled in 1780, Whites Creek is one of the first areas settled in the county seat of Tennessee, and has been continually used for agricultural purposes ever since. While Whites Creek has lost many of its historic buildings, there remains a good concentration of surviving buildings dating from 1830 which reflect the character of a rural community that has evolved over two centuries, yet has never lost that character. The buildings represent a wide variety of architectural styles, ranging from nineteenth century Tennessee Vernacular styles to the revival styles of the early twentieth century. The Yarbrough House at Cedarwood is an excellent example of a Tennessee Vernacular structure. Built in 1835 by James Yarbrough, the house is a two-story, weatherboard, double-pen plan with each room opening onto a double gallery across the front.

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