Tulip Grove is an

antebellum Antebellum, Latin for "before war", may refer to: United States history * Antebellum South, the pre-American Civil War period in the Southern United States ** Antebellum Georgia ** Antebellum South Carolina ** Antebellum Virginia * Antebellum arc ...

house built in 1836 for

Andrew Jackson Donelson Andrew Jackson Donelson (August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871) was an American diplomat and politician. He served in various positions as a Democrat and was the Know Nothing nominee for US Vice President in 1856. After the death of his father, Don ...

, who was the nephew of

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame a ...

. The site was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1970.

History

While

was still President in 1834,

decided to build Tulip Grove in land close by to the Hermitage. The house was completed in 1836 with the original name of "Poplar Grove." President

Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he ...

suggested he rename it to Tulip Grove in 1841.On site descriptive signage In 1858, Donelson sold the property to the parents of painter Mayna Treanor Avent (1868–1959), who grew up at Tulip Grove.Tennessee Portrait Project
/ref> It then passed through a number of owners until 1964 when it was acquired by the Ladies' Hermitage Association.

Architecture

Tulip Grove is representative of the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

style that was popular before the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...

. It consists of two main stories, a basement, and attic.

Tulip Grove Gallery

File:TulipGrove-ExteriorRearView.jpg, Exterior rear view File:TulipGrove-ExteriorSideView.jpg, Exterior side view File:TulipGrove-FrontCloseup.jpg, Front closeup file:TulipGrove-Signboard.jpg, Exterior Descriptive Signboard File:TulipGrove-InteriorDiningRoomWindow.jpg, Interview dining room window File:TulipGrove-ViewOfOffice.jpg, Interior view of plantation office through window File:TulipGrove-Parlor.jpg, Parlor File:TulipGrove-InternalStairWell.jpg, Interior stairwell File:TulipGrove-DiningRoomToKitchen.jpg, Kitchen view from dining room File:TulipGrove-ParlorFireplace.jpg, Parlor fireplace

References

Antebellum architecture Federal architecture in Tennessee Greek Revival houses in Tennessee Historic house museums in Tennessee History museums in Tennessee Museums in Nashville, Tennessee Andrew Jackson family {{Tennessee-struct-stub