It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee (NRHP) on July 13, 1977.

[1] The area started in the early 1800s as a rural Nashville neighborhood.

Many wealthy people and professionals from Nashville built estates in Edgefield.

The outlaw Jesse James lived in Edgefield and his address was 712 Fatherland Street.

[2] The city of Edgefield originally earned its name from Governor Neill S. Brown: he named it for the plains along the river.