Devon Farm | |
 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, US. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 28, 1974. [2]
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]
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