The Hermitage
- Also Known As: Home of Andrew Jackson
- Address: US 70N
- Vicinity: 12 mi E of Nashville
- Neighborhood of Hermitage in Nashville, TN
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1804/00/00 | Andrew Jackson | Home | From 1804 to 1821, Jackson and his wife live in a log cabin, with slaves occupying two additional log structures. Together the complex forms the First Hermitage and the structures are known as the West, East and Southeast cabins. | |||
1804/00/00 | Weikel, Charles | Home | From 1804 to 1821, Jackson and his wife live in a log cabin, with slaves occupying two additional log structures. Together the complex forms the First Hermitage and the structures are known as the West, East and Southeast cabins. | |||
1805/05/30 | Aaron Burr Jr | Visitor | Burr arrives in Nashville, he spends four days as the guest of General Andrew Jackson, enjoying public balls and dinners. | Aaron Burr Conspiracy | ||
1805/05/30 | Andrew Jackson | Host | Burr arrives in Nashville, he spends four days as the guest of General Andrew Jackson, enjoying public balls and dinners. | Aaron Burr Conspiracy | ||
1821/00/00 | Andrew Jackson | Home | Jackson commissions construction of a refined two-storyFederal-stylemansion, built with bricks manufactured on-site with skilled slave labor, and completed between 1819 and 1821. | |||
1828/12/22 | Andrew Jackson | Grieving Husband | Rachel Donelson Jackson dies suddenly. Jackson held her body tightly until he was pulled away. She is buried at The Hermitage wearing the white dress and shoes she had bought for the Inaugural Ball. | |||
1828/12/22 | Rachel Donelson Jackson | Died | Rachel Donelson Jackson dies suddenly. Jackson held her body tightly until he was pulled away. She is buried at The Hermitage wearing the white dress and shoes she had bought for the Inaugural Ball. | |||
1834/00/00 | Andrew Jackson | Home | In 1834, a chimney fire seriously damages the Jackson house, with the exception of the dining room wing. | |||
1835/00/00 | Andrew Jackson | Home | The Hermitage is built in a secluded meadow that was chosen as a house site by Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson. The current 13-room Greek Revival structure is built on the same foundation as a former house. | |||
1835/00/00 | Reiff and Hume | Architect | The Hermitage is built in a secluded meadow that was chosen as a house site by Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson. The current 13-room Greek Revival structure is built on the same foundation as a former house. |
Particulars for The Hermitage: | |
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Sight Category | Historic District |
Area of Significance | Military |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Area of Significance | Politics-government |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Secondary structure |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
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The Love of the Last Tycoon | Book | F Scott Fitzgerald | In "The Last Tycoon", Celia visit The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee. |
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