Glen Oak (Nashville, Tennessee)

Summary

Glen Oak is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S..

Glen Oak
Glen Oak in 2014
Glen Oak (Nashville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Glen Oak (Nashville, Tennessee)
Location2012 25th Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°7′57″N 86°48′25″W / 36.13250°N 86.80694°W / 36.13250; -86.80694
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1854 (1854)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.83004235[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1983

History edit

The 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 edit

The 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

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Glen Oak". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Glen Oak". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2016.