The Original Stonehenge Sales Brochure (circa 1973)
The Original Stonehenge Sales Brochure (circa 1973)
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TENNESSEE STONEHENGE
Tennessee Stonehenge, Inc. was incorporated by the State of Tennessee with a corporate charter on July 26, 1973, by F. Murray Parker and James K. Wall Builders, Inc., the original developers of Stonehenge. The charter was amended one time, on April 23, 1979, to change the number of Directors on the Board from a flexible range of 3 to 5, to a set number of 9.
The Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CCRs) was created along with the Charter in 1973. The CCRs were originally in effect for a period of 20 years, after which the HOA’s membership had to vote to renew them every successive 10 years. In 2013, the CCRs were again renewed by the membership, and amended at that time so that they run in perpetuity with the land and do not have to be renewed again.
The Bylaws were written for the original Stonehenge Residents’ Association so that the original homeowners could speak with one voice to the Developers about then-current issues. These Bylaws continue to govern our Stonehenge Homeowners’ Association (HOA) today.
The developers, Parker and Wall, began Stonehenge in Phase One, which was the streets of Ashby Drive, Dorchester Circle, and Regent Drive. Phase Two was all other streets in lower Stonehenge. Phase Three was the streets of Robert E. Lee Lane and Dogwood Point in upper Stonehenge.
Stonehenge was originally developed under the City of Brentwood as an Open Space Residential Development called OSRD, and Stonehenge remains zoned OSRD today. Until OSRD zoning was adopted by the City, all Brentwood lots were required to be of a minimum size of at least one acre. The advent of OSRD zoning allowed a zoning option that permitted houses to be built on lots of less than one acre, providing there was sufficient land in the OSRD development to equal one acre of land for every house in the entire subdivision. Thus, all Stonehenge lots are slightly less than one acre and the “common ground” in Stonehenge was established to meet OSRD requirements. Stonehenge was one of, if not the first, OSRD-zoned subdivisions in Brentwood.
Originally, there were 148 lots platted in Stonehenge. One vacant lot on Robert E. Lee Lane was purchased by adjoining homeowners, then divided and added to each of the two homeowners’ lots, thereby reducing the number of Stonehenge lots to 147. That number of 147 remains as the number of Stonehenge lots today.
In 1973, the HOA’s dues were $180.00 per lot annually. Today, 48 years later, the annual dues are $360.00. Stonehenge has had a 100 percent increase in dues, but it has taken almost a half-century to get there. In comparison, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has risen approximately 518 percent in that same period of time.
In 1974, the undeveloped lots in upper Stonehenge were sold by the Developers to a Mr. Poteat. Concurrent with that sale, the new owner applied for, and received, approval to change the names of the three streets in upper Stonehenge from their original names of Chelsea Circle, Chelsea Drive, and Chelsea Court. Chelsea Circle was eliminated in the new plan. Chelsea Drive was renamed Robert E. Lee Lane, and Chelsea Court was renamed Dogwood Point.
In 1977, Marshall Bailey, the owner of Lots 1 through 10 in lower Stonehenge applied for, and received, a name change for the street on which these lots were located. The original street’s name was Duke of Glochester Drive, which in 1977 became Yorkshire Drive.
Originally, the Stonehenge lot numbers were our mailing addresses. For example, a house built on Lot 1 on the Stonehenge Subdivision Land Plat had the mailing address of 1 and the street’s name, e.g., 1 Yorkshire Drive or, 2 Regent Drive, and so on. Lot 1 on Yorkshire Drive became 1400 Yorkshire Drive, and Lot 2 on Regent Drive became 5005 Regent Drive, with all other houses similarly changing. These address changes were made in 2002, with the City of Brentwood changing all of our addresses from the lot numbers to the numbered street addresses that we have today.
In its 48-year history, Stonehenge’s Boards of Directors have managed the HOA’s finances well and the HOA is positioned for its first major capital improvement with the construction of new entrances in 2021-22 concurrent with the completion of the TDOT widening project on Franklin Road.
As Stonehenge enters its second half-century in only a couple of years, we look forward to a more beautiful landscape, a new highway, new entrances, the continuation of open spaces, enhanced property values, and a most wonderful suburban environment in which to live, play, and raise our families.
The Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CCRs) was created along with the Charter in 1973. The CCRs were originally in effect for a period of 20 years, after which the HOA’s membership had to vote to renew them every successive 10 years. In 2013, the CCRs were again renewed by the membership, and amended at that time so that they run in perpetuity with the land and do not have to be renewed again.
The Bylaws were written for the original Stonehenge Residents’ Association so that the original homeowners could speak with one voice to the Developers about then-current issues. These Bylaws continue to govern our Stonehenge Homeowners’ Association (HOA) today.
The developers, Parker and Wall, began Stonehenge in Phase One, which was the streets of Ashby Drive, Dorchester Circle, and Regent Drive. Phase Two was all other streets in lower Stonehenge. Phase Three was the streets of Robert E. Lee Lane and Dogwood Point in upper Stonehenge.
Stonehenge was originally developed under the City of Brentwood as an Open Space Residential Development called OSRD, and Stonehenge remains zoned OSRD today. Until OSRD zoning was adopted by the City, all Brentwood lots were required to be of a minimum size of at least one acre. The advent of OSRD zoning allowed a zoning option that permitted houses to be built on lots of less than one acre, providing there was sufficient land in the OSRD development to equal one acre of land for every house in the entire subdivision. Thus, all Stonehenge lots are slightly less than one acre and the “common ground” in Stonehenge was established to meet OSRD requirements. Stonehenge was one of, if not the first, OSRD-zoned subdivisions in Brentwood.
Originally, there were 148 lots platted in Stonehenge. One vacant lot on Robert E. Lee Lane was purchased by adjoining homeowners, then divided and added to each of the two homeowners’ lots, thereby reducing the number of Stonehenge lots to 147. That number of 147 remains as the number of Stonehenge lots today.
In 1973, the HOA’s dues were $180.00 per lot annually. Today, 48 years later, the annual dues are $360.00. Stonehenge has had a 100 percent increase in dues, but it has taken almost a half-century to get there. In comparison, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has risen approximately 518 percent in that same period of time.
In 1974, the undeveloped lots in upper Stonehenge were sold by the Developers to a Mr. Poteat. Concurrent with that sale, the new owner applied for, and received, approval to change the names of the three streets in upper Stonehenge from their original names of Chelsea Circle, Chelsea Drive, and Chelsea Court. Chelsea Circle was eliminated in the new plan. Chelsea Drive was renamed Robert E. Lee Lane, and Chelsea Court was renamed Dogwood Point.
In 1977, Marshall Bailey, the owner of Lots 1 through 10 in lower Stonehenge applied for, and received, a name change for the street on which these lots were located. The original street’s name was Duke of Glochester Drive, which in 1977 became Yorkshire Drive.
Originally, the Stonehenge lot numbers were our mailing addresses. For example, a house built on Lot 1 on the Stonehenge Subdivision Land Plat had the mailing address of 1 and the street’s name, e.g., 1 Yorkshire Drive or, 2 Regent Drive, and so on. Lot 1 on Yorkshire Drive became 1400 Yorkshire Drive, and Lot 2 on Regent Drive became 5005 Regent Drive, with all other houses similarly changing. These address changes were made in 2002, with the City of Brentwood changing all of our addresses from the lot numbers to the numbered street addresses that we have today.
In its 48-year history, Stonehenge’s Boards of Directors have managed the HOA’s finances well and the HOA is positioned for its first major capital improvement with the construction of new entrances in 2021-22 concurrent with the completion of the TDOT widening project on Franklin Road.
As Stonehenge enters its second half-century in only a couple of years, we look forward to a more beautiful landscape, a new highway, new entrances, the continuation of open spaces, enhanced property values, and a most wonderful suburban environment in which to live, play, and raise our families.