Savage House (Nashville, Tennessee)
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Location | 167 8th Ave., N., Nashville, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°9′39″N 86°47′1″W / 36.16083°N 86.78361°WCoordinates: 36°9′39″N 86°47′1″W / 36.16083°N 86.78361°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1850 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 83003029[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 1983 |
The Savage House is a historic three-storey townhouse in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.[2]
History[]
The townhouse was built in the 1850s, prior to the American Civil War, and designed in the Italianate architectural style.[2] In 1859, the house was acquired by Mary E. Claiborne, who turned it into a boarding house until 1881.[2] Three years later, in 1884, it was acquired by Julius Sax, who rented it to the Standard Club, a Jewish private members' club, in 1891.[2]
It was acquired by Dr. Giles Christopher Savage, an ophthalmologist and professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, in 1889.[2] Savage used it as a practice, as did his daughter, Kate Savage Zerfoss, a Tulane University Medical School graduate who also taught at the Vanderbilt University Medical School.[2] Her husband, Dr. Tom Zerfoss, was a physician with the Vanderbilt Student Health Service.[2] Meanwhile, another one of Dr Savage's daughters, Portia Savage Ward, opened an antiques store, which closed down in 1980.[2]
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The building stands next to the Frost Building, another historic building listed on the NRHP.
Architectural significance[]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 11, 1983.[3]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Savage House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Savage House". National Park Service. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
- Italianate architecture in Tennessee
- Houses completed in 1859
- Houses in Nashville, Tennessee
- National Register of Historic Places in Nashville, Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee Registered Historic Place stubs