Wall Spring | |
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Location | 931 Red River Road, Gallatin, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°23′40″N 86°28′11″W / 36.39444°N 86.46972°W |
Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
Built | 1827 |
Architectural style | Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 94000334 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 8, 1994 |
Wall Spring, also known as Elliott Springs, is a historic mansion on a farm in Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.. It was a horse farm in the Antebellum Era.
The house was built in 1827 for Colonel George Elliott, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the First Seminole War. [2] Elliott bred horses on the farm. [2] He was a co-founder of the Nashville Jockey Club in Nashville, Tennessee in 1807 alongside President Andrew Jackson and Governor Newton Cannon. [2] His brother Charles lived at Walnut Grove nearby. [2] Colonel Elliott died in 1861, and Wall Spring remained in the Elliott family until 1869. [2]
The house was first designed in the Federal architectural style. [2] It was redesigned in the Italianate and Greek Revival architectural styles in the 1850s. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 8, 1994. [3]
Wall Spring | |
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Location | 931 Red River Road, Gallatin, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36°23′40″N 86°28′11″W / 36.39444°N 86.46972°W |
Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
Built | 1827 |
Architectural style | Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 94000334 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 8, 1994 |
Wall Spring, also known as Elliott Springs, is a historic mansion on a farm in Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.. It was a horse farm in the Antebellum Era.
The house was built in 1827 for Colonel George Elliott, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the First Seminole War. [2] Elliott bred horses on the farm. [2] He was a co-founder of the Nashville Jockey Club in Nashville, Tennessee in 1807 alongside President Andrew Jackson and Governor Newton Cannon. [2] His brother Charles lived at Walnut Grove nearby. [2] Colonel Elliott died in 1861, and Wall Spring remained in the Elliott family until 1869. [2]
The house was first designed in the Federal architectural style. [2] It was redesigned in the Italianate and Greek Revival architectural styles in the 1850s. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 8, 1994. [3]