Historic house in Tennessee, United States

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The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee)

<p><b>The Hermitage</b> is a historical <a href="/en/Museum" title="Museum" class="wl">museum</a> located in <a href="/en/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee" class="wl">Davidson County, Tennessee</a>, United States, <span>10 miles (16</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>km)</span> east of downtown <a href="/en/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee" class="wl">Nashville</a>. The <span>1,000-acre (400</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>ha)</span>+ site was owned by <a href="/en/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson" class="wl">Andrew Jackson</a>, the seventh <a href="/en/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States" class="wl">president of the United States</a>, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. It also serves as his final resting place.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> Jackson lived at the property intermittently until he retired from public life in 1837.</p>

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</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg/250px-The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" data-file-type="bitmap" height="188" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg/375px-The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg/500px-The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg 2x" alt="The_Hermitage_by_Jim_Bowen.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center wl" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="9" data-lat="36.214972222222" data-lon="-86.612972222222" data-overlays="[&quot;_c717734d26ee56bd1bd23444fe92c7f20f6e59d6&quot;]" href="/en/Special:Map/9/36.214972222222/-86.612972222222/en"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,36.214972222222,-86.612972222222,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=The+Hermitage+%28Nashville%2C+Tennessee%29&amp;revid=1145002361&amp;groups=_c717734d26ee56bd1bd23444fe92c7f20f6e59d6" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,36.214972222222,-86.612972222222,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=The+Hermitage+%28Nashville%2C+Tennessee%29&amp;revid=1145002361&amp;groups=_c717734d26ee56bd1bd23444fe92c7f20f6e59d6 2x"></a><div class="infobox-caption">Interactive map showing Hermitage’s location</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">4580 Rachel's Ln<br><a href="/en/Hermitage,_Tennessee" title="Hermitage, Tennessee" class="wl">Hermitage</a>, TN 37076</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=The_Hermitage_(Nashville,_Tennessee)&amp;params=36_12_53.9_N_86_36_46.7_W_type:landmark_region:US" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">36°12′53.9″N</span> <span class="longitude">86°36′46.7″W</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1,120 acres (450<span>&nbsp;</span>ha)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nashpost20141028_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-nashpost20141028-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1835 (current form)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Joseph Reiff and William C. Hume</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architectural<span>&nbsp;</span>style</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Greek Revival</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP<span>&nbsp;</span>reference<span>&nbsp;</span><abbr about="#mwt41" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>number</span>&quot;}]]}">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/66000722" class="external text" target="_blank">66000722</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:#A8EDEF" about="#mwt42" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;style&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;background:<span typeof=\\&quot;mw:Nowiki\\&quot; data-parsoid=\\&quot;{}\\&quot;>\\n#A8EDEF</span>&quot;}]]}">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 15, 1966</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated<span>&nbsp;</span>NHL</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">December 19, 1960<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nhlsum_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-nhlsum-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p><a href="/en/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States" class="wl">Enslaved</a> men, women, and children, numbering nine at the plantation's purchase in 1804<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> and 110 at Jackson's death,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> worked at the Hermitage and were principally involved in growing <a href="/en/Cotton" title="Cotton" class="wl">cotton</a>, its major cash crop. It is a <a href="/en/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark" class="wl">National Historic Landmark</a>.</p>



The Hermitage is a historical museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, 10 miles east of downtown Nashville. The 1,000-acre + site was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. It also serves as his final resting place. Jackson lived at the property intermittently until he retired from public life in 1837. Enslaved men, women, and children, numbering nine at the plantation's purchase in 1804 worked at the Hermitage and were principally involved in growing cotton, its major cash crop. It is a National Historic Landmark. 