Cleveland Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Cleveland Hall
Historic American Buildings Survey, Lester Jones, Photographer August 21, 1940 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST. - Cleveland Hall, Hermitage, Davidson County, TN HABS TENN,19-NASH.V,5-1.tif
The house in 1940
Cleveland Hall (Nashville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Cleveland Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
Location4041 Old Hickory Blvd., Old Hickory, Tennessee
Coordinates36°13′46″N 86°37′35″W / 36.22944°N 86.62639°W / 36.22944; -86.62639Coordinates: 36°13′46″N 86°37′35″W / 36.22944°N 86.62639°W / 36.22944; -86.62639
Built1839
Architect
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.71000821[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1971

Cleveland Hall is an Antebellum mansion in Nashville, Tennessee.

Location[]

It is located at 4041 Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

History[]

It was designed by master builders and , who built The Hermitage in 1835, constructed under the supervision of owner, Stockly Donelson, and completed in 1839.[2] Its main massing resembles the plantation plain style Plantation Plain-style, but the pediment and columns on the entrance, which could have been added at a later time are markers of the Greek Revival style.[8] It has eighteen rooms.[7]

It was the home of (1805-1888), who was Rachel Jackson's nephew and whose grandfather was John Donelson (1718–1785), and his wife Phila Ann Lawrence Donelson.[2][7] After his death, their son William Stockly Donelson (1835-1895) lived in the house with his wife, Alice Ewin Donelson (1836-1881).[2] Subsequently, it was home to their son, John Donelson (1874-1952) and his wife, Bettie Menees Hooper Donelson (1875-1963). It is still privately owned by the Donelson family.[2][7]

Heritage significance[]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1971.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e James A. Hoobler, A Guide to Historic Nashville, Tennessee, The History Press, 2008, p. 28 [1]
  3. ^ Joseph Frazer Smith, Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South, Courier Dover Publications, 1941, p. 243 [2]
  4. ^ Eleanor Graham, Nashville: a short history and selected buildings, Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County, 1974, p. 278 [3]
  5. ^ Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Tennessee, North American Book Dist, 2000, p. 208 [4]
  6. ^ Mary Brown, Daniel Moore, Roberta Seawell, History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee, Garden Study Club of Nashville, 1964, p. 157 [5]
  7. ^ a b c d History of Cleveland Hall, , April 1946
  8. ^ Roger G. Kennedy, John M. Hall, Greek Revival America, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989, p. 207
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