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Historic district in Tennessee, United States

United States historic place
Richland–West End Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Central Avenue in 2014
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LocationRoughly bounded by RR tracks, Murphy Rd., Park Circle, Wilson and Richland Aves., Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°08′10″N 86°49′44″W / 36.1360°N 86.8289°W / 36.1360; -86.8289
Area135 acres (55 ha)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Foursquare
NRHP reference No.79002425
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1979

The Richland–West End Historic District is a historic district on the Western side of Nashville, Tennessee. It comprises approximately a 12-block area consisting mostly of Bungalow/craftsman architecture and about 70 Foursquare-style houses.

History

In the Antebellum Era, the district was a plantation owned by John Brown Craighead, the son of Presbyterian minister Thomas B. Craighead. John Brown Craighead's wife, Jane Erwin Dickinson, was the widow of a man killed in an 1806 duel with future U.S. president Andrew Jackson. The plantation remained in the Craighead family until the end of the American Civil War. By 1905, the Richland Realty Company developed the area, by laying out streets and building bungalows.

The district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 16, 1979.

The original Craighead House has award-winning gardens and architecture.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ David H. Paine and Ann V. Reynolds (February 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Richland–West End Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 13, 2016. with more than 200 photos from 1979
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