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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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.

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Particulars for The Hermitage:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000722
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Reiff and Hume
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Politics-government
Applicable Criteria: Person
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1804, 1845
Associated People: Jackson,Andrew
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
The Love of the Last Tycoon Book F Scott Fitzgerald In "The Last Tycoon", Celia visit The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee.

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