The Beasley-Parham House is located in the vicinity of Greenbrier

Greenbrier, Tennessee

Greenbrier is a town in Robertson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,940 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Greenbrier is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau:...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

, United States

United States

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. The house is a double pen dogtrot

Dogtrot house

The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Most theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Some scholars believe the style...

 design, consisting of two log

Log cabin

A log cabin is a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "Log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less...

 pens, each with an exterior chimney

Chimney

A chimney is a structure for venting hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere. Chimneys are typically vertical, or as near as possible to vertical, to ensure that the gases flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion in what is known as the...

, that were originally connected by an open breezeway

Breezeway

A breezeway is an architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide aesthetic design variation. Often a breezeway is a simple roof connecting two structures ; sometimes it can be much more like a...

 (the "dogtrot"). The breezeway was enclosed with siding some time before the end of the 19th century.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1988. When listed the property included two contributing buildings, and four contributing structures on 1.8 acre (0.7284348 ha).