Longview | |
 Longview in 2008 | |
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| Location | 811 Caldwell lane, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 36°06′21.6″N86°46′32.5″W / 36.106000°N 86.775694°W Coordinates: 36°06′21.6″N86°46′32.5″W / 36.106000°N 86.775694°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| NRHP reference # | 83003027 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 1983 |
Longview is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The mansion is located at 811 Caldwell lane in South Nashville, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee and capital of the state. [2] [3]
A one-story cottage was built in the Antebellum era for Henry Norvell and Laura Sevier, the granddaughter of John Sevier, who had served as the first Governor of Tennessee. [3] During the Civil War, the house was used by Confederate General John Bell Hood in his preparation before the Battle of Nashville of December 15–16, 1864. [3]
In 1878, the cottage was purchased by James Erwin Caldwell, the president of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, which installed the Bell System in the American South. [3] Caldwell redesigned the house in the Italianate architectural style, and added a second story. [3] He lived there with his wife, Mary Winston, and their ten children. [3]
The house was redesigned in the Beaux-Arts architectural style in 1906. [3] In that process, the house was expanded with a portico, a winding staircase, and an attic in the third story. [3]
After Caldwell's death, the house was sold to the Franklin Road Church of Christ. [3] It was converted into a church building, and it remained a church for eight years. [3] In 1960, the house was purchased by Dr Nicholas de Palma. [3] He sold it in 1977. [3]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 12, 1983. [2]
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