Rattle and Snap is an antebellum plantation mansion situated on a hilltop in Ashwood, in the town of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. It was built for cotton planter George Washington Polk. The design of the house features a monumental Neo-Roman temple porch where ten 26-foot-tall Corinthian columns support a pedimented portico. Inside, the entry hall boasts an elaborate, pierced plasterwork cornice carried on finely carved, foliated modillions, while the rear screen columns are fluted and carry stylized Tower of the Winds capitals. The plantation's name is said to derive from a game of chance involving beans and a finger snap, through which George's father, Colonel William Polk, won the specific tract from the Governor of North Carolina. More broadly, Colonel Polk was awarded large tracts of undeveloped frontier land in Tennessee in lieu of cash payment for his service to the Patriots in the American Revolutionary War. After his death Col Polk-s, the territory was eventually developed by four of his sons, who constructed neighboring estates, including Hamilton Place for George's brother, State Senator Lucius Junius Polk. Now a National Historic Landmark, Rattle and Snap stands as an impressive, well-preserved example of historic architecture that is open for private tours. - AsNotedIn