Rattle and Snap Plantation

Rattle and Snap Plantation is a Tennessee historical marker in Maury County.

On west side of Hwy 243 Plantation (Andrew Jackson Hwy) between Mount Pleasant and Columbia, TN,directly across from entrance to Rattle and Snap.

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Designated a National Historic Landmark by the U. S. Department of the Interior in 1971, Rattle and Snap was built between 1842 and 1845 by George W. Polk and his wife, Sallie Hilliard. Restored to its original character and furnished with period antiques, many from area Polk homes, the grand mansion is among the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in American. The name derives from a game of chance popular in Colonial America.

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Historical maps covering this location

1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Rattle and Snap Plantation

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