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The estate
The Hermitage was the home of Andrew Jackson from 1804
The Hermitage is a National Historic Landmark and museum in Davidson County, Tennessee, 10 miles east of downtown Nashville. The site was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, from 1804 until 1845. It also serves as his final resting place.
The house
A chimney fire in 1834 led Jackson to rebuild in the Greek Revival style
Built between 1819 and 1821, the brick house was a two-story, Federal-style mansion. In 1831 Jackson had it remodeled in Classical style. In 1834 a chimney fire seriously damaged it, and Joseph Reiff and William C. Hume designed a 13-room, Greek Revival structure on the old foundation.
The hall
The entry hall has wallpaper of Telemachus on the island of Calypso
The entry hall is decorated with block-printed wallpaper by Joseph Dufour et Cie of Paris, depicting scenes from Telemachus' visit to the island of Calypso. At the far end is an elliptical cantilevered staircase with a mahogany handrail. The dining room fireplace has a mantelpiece called the Eighth of January.
The grounds
A guitar-shaped carriage drive leads to the house
The mansion is approached by a cedar-lined, guitar-shaped carriage drive designed by Ralph E. W. Earl, which made it easier to maneuver carriages in the narrow space. East of the house is a 1-acre formal garden designed by William Frost in 1819, in the English four-square kitchen garden style.
Enslaved people
Enslaved people grew the cotton, nine in 1804 and 110 at the end
Andrew Jackson enslaved men, women and children at the Hermitage, numbering nine at the plantation's purchase in 1804 and 110 at the end of his life. They were principally involved in growing cotton, the major cash crop. Archaeologists have identified 13 dwellings used by workers.
Day 2, afternoon
It comes after Music Row. Then Grand Ole Opry.
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