Devon Farm
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Nearest city | Nashville, Tennessee |
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Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 74001908[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 1974 |
Devon Farm is a historic farm in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 28, 1974.[2]
History
The property was established as a 6,955-acre land grant by John Davis, a surveyor from North Carolina, in the 1790s.[3][4] Davis built a red brick farmhouse.[4] It was subsequently inherited by his daughter Fannie and his son-in-law, Morris Harding, in 1816.[4] The couple lived on the farm for the next five decades, a period that included the American Civil War.[4]
By 1865, the farm was inherited by Fannie Davis Harding's nephew, Edward Dickson Hicks II.[4] Hicks imported Devon cattle from England, and he renamed the farm Devon Farm.[4] It was later inherited by Edward Dickson Hicks III, who lived there with his wife Harriet Cockrill, the granddaughter of Mark R. Cockrill.[4] By 1946, the farm was inherited by their son, Edward Dickson Hicks IV.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ Cornwell, Ilene J. (Summer 1975). "Devon Farm: Harpeth Landmark". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 34 (2): 113–129 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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