Beechwood Plantation house, which formerly stood at this site, was an important Confederate headquarters during the Tullahoma Campaign. Built for Col. Andrew Erwin, Jr. and family in 1826, it belonged to the Erwins, southern sympathizers who lavishly entertained local society and Confederate officers during the Civil War. In 1863, Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee was camped along the Duck River line, and Gen. William J. Hardee camped at Wartrace and made Beechwood his headquarters.