Neighborhood pool and amenity area
The HOA-maintained gathering point at the center of the subdivision.
Chenoweth · Brentwood, TN
Second-life remodels for Chenoweth's all-brick houses
Chenoweth was one of the first subdivisions developed in east Brentwood, built out through the 1980s and '90s off Edmondson Pike. The houses are solid all-brick traditionals with the floor plans of their era — which is exactly why the neighborhood generates so much remodeling work.
History & architecture
How Chenoweth was built
Chenoweth was among the earliest subdivisions on Brentwood's east side, developed as the city grew outward from Franklin Road toward Edmondson Pike.
Build-out ran through the 1980s and 1990s, giving the neighborhood a consistent stock of family-sized, all-brick houses on suburban lots.
The plans are of their moment: formal living and dining rooms at the front, a compartmented kitchen, and bedrooms upstairs — with the primary suite usually on the second floor.
Mature tree canopy has filled in over three decades, which is now one of the neighborhood's defining features and a real constraint on where an addition can go.
A homeowners association has managed the common amenities and covenants since the neighborhood's early years, and it maintains published governing documents.
- Typical era
- 1980s–1990s
- Dominant styles
- All-brick traditional two-story plans with attached garages
- Typical lot
- Suburban subdivision lots with mature canopy
- Review
- HOA architectural review plus City of Brentwood permits
Landmarks & shared spaces
Places that anchor Chenoweth
Mature street canopy
Three decades of tree growth that shapes light, drainage, and addition siting.
Brentwood greenway network
The city's connected trail system serving east Brentwood neighborhoods.
Crockett Park
Brentwood's largest park, with athletic fields and the city's concert venue.
Businesses & districts
Where Chenoweth gathers
Edmondson Pike corridor
Grocery and everyday services at the neighborhood's doorstep.
Maryland Farms
Brentwood's office and dining core, a short drive west.
Nolensville Road / Concord Road retail
Additional services on the east side of Brentwood.
Zoning & overlays
Common zoning codes in Chenoweth
These are the base districts and overlays we see most often on Chenoweth lots. Always confirm your parcel's district and overlays on the Metro zoning map before design decisions get expensive.
R-2Suburban Residential
Brentwood's most common single-family district — one-acre minimum lot, 125 ft width, 75 ft front, 20 ft side, 30 ft rear, 25% building coverage. Confirm your parcel on the city zoning map.
R-1Large Lot Residential
Two-acre standards with a 150 ft front setback apply on some east Brentwood parcels.
Overlays that apply here
HOA
Chenoweth Homeowners Association standards
Recorded covenants and the HOA architectural committee govern exterior changes here — confirm current standards with your association before design starts, since they are amended more often than zoning.
HPO
Hillside Protection Overlay
Applies where lots include steep or visually prominent slopes; planning commission review of grading and site plans is required there.
Permitting path
- 1Start with your homeowners association's architectural review committee. In Brentwood's planned subdivisions the HOA covenants are usually stricter than the zoning ordinance on materials, roof pitch, garage orientation, and outbuildings.
- 2Confirm the parcel's base district — AR, R-1, R-2, or OSRD — on the City of Brentwood zoning map, because the front setbacks differ dramatically between them (175 ft in AR, 150 ft in R-1, 75 ft in R-2, 50 ft in OSRD).
- 3Check the 25% maximum building coverage across all structures. On Brentwood lots this, not floor area, is usually what caps an addition plus a detached garage or pool house.
- 4If the lot includes steep or visually prominent slopes, the Hillside Protection Overlay applies and the planning commission reviews the site plan and grading; accessory structures in front or side yards also need planning commission approval there.
- 5Creek-adjacent lots carry Chapter 56 stormwater, erosion control, and riparian buffer requirements that shape where a footprint can go.
- 6Then submit to Planning & Codes for the building permit. There is no Certificate of Appropriateness step anywhere in Brentwood.
Why it matters
Chenoweth's place in Brentwood
As one of east Brentwood's first subdivisions, Chenoweth established the pattern — all-brick traditional houses on generous suburban lots — that later east-side neighborhoods followed.
It is one of the more attainable entry points into Brentwood, so it turns over to families who renovate rather than rebuild.
Its amenities and location off Edmondson Pike keep it competitive with newer subdivisions two decades younger.
Events & festivals
What happens in Chenoweth
Neighborhood pool season
Summer
The HOA pool and swim social calendar run through the summer.
Brentwood Summer Concert Series
Summer
Free city concerts at Crockett Park, capped by the July 4 event.
Community garage sale
Spring
Neighborhood-wide sale that draws buyers from across Brentwood.
Designing here
What this means for your Chenoweth project
- The highest-value change in this stock is usually not more square footage — it is opening the kitchen to a rear family room and reclaiming the formal dining room.
- Main-level primary suites are the most common structural addition as owners plan to stay past the school years, and the rear setback is the number that shapes them.
- Full brick match after 30 years rarely works. Painting the whole house or introducing a deliberate secondary material on the addition gives a better result.
- Screened porches and covered patios are straightforward here, but count them toward the 25% building coverage if they are roofed.
- Mature trees are an asset worth designing around; protect root zones during construction rather than discovering the loss two summers later.
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