Glen Oak | |
 Glen Oak in 2014 | |
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| Location | 2012 25th Avenue, South, Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°7′57″N86°48′25″W / 36.13250°N 86.80694°W Coordinates: 36°7′57″N86°48′25″W / 36.13250°N 86.80694°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004235 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 17, 1983 |
Glen Oak is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S..
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]
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]
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