Glen Oak is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S..
Glen Oak | |
 Glen Oak in 2014 | |
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| Location | 2012 25th Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°7′57″N 86°48′25″W / 36.13250°N 86.80694°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004235[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1983 |
History
editThe house was built for English-born Reverend Charles Tomes and his wife Henrietta, the daughter of Bishop James Hervey Otey.[2] Its construction was completed in 1854.[2] Three years later, in 1857, it was purchased by Lizinka Campbell Brown, the daughter of Senator George W. Campbell.[2]
In 1862, in the midst of the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the house was occupied by the Union Army.[2] After the war, Brown had married Confederate General Richard S. Ewell in Richmond, Virginia, and they moved to Ewell Farm in Spring Hill, Tennessee.[2]
The house was purchased by Edgar Jones, a banker, in 1867.[2] With his neighbor, George Reid Calhoun, the brother of silversmith William Henry Calhoun, Jones decided to subdivide his land in 1911, and it became known as Hillsboro Village.[3]
Architectural significance
editThe house was designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 17, 1983.[4]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Glen Oak". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ Davis, Louise (August 14, 1983). "Early Silversmiths Left Marks on City. Names of Elliston, Calhoun Figure Big in Nashville History". The Tennessean. pp. 93–94. Retrieved April 14, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
Later, George R. bought a farm near what is now 21st Avenue, S., and when the house burned in 1911, he and a neighbor, Edgar Jones (who lived in the handsome antebellum home still standing at 2012 25th Ave., S.,) divided their adjoining farms into town lots and called the area Hillsboro Village.
- ^ "Glen Oak". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2016.