Richland–West End Historic District

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Richland–West End Historic District
Central Avenue in Richland-West End.jpg
Central Avenue in 2014
LocationRoughly bounded by RR tracks, Murphy Rd., Park Circle, Wilson and Richland Aves., Nashville, Tennessee
Area135 acres (55 ha)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Foursquare
NRHP reference No.79002425[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1979

The Richland–West End Historic District is a historic district on the Western side of Nashville, Tennessee. It comprises approximately a 12-block area consisting mostly of Bungalow/craftsman architecture and about 70 Foursquare-style houses.[2]

History[]

In the Antebellum Era, the district was a plantation owned by John Brown Craighead, the son of Presbyterian minister Thomas B. Craighead. John Brown Craighead's wife, Jane Erwin Dickinson, was the widow of a man killed in an 1806 duel with future U.S. president Andrew Jackson.[2] The plantation remained in the Craighead family until the end of the American Civil War.[2] By 1905, the Richland Realty Company developed the area, by laying out streets and building bungalows.[2]

The district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1979.[1]

The original Craighead House has award-winning gardens and architecture.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d David H. Paine and Ann V. Reynolds (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Richland–West End Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 13, 2016. with more than 200 photos from 1979


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