Burlington (Nashville, Tennessee)

Burlington
Alternative names Elliston-Farrell House
General information
Architectural style Renaissance architecture
Town or city Nashville, Tennessee
Country United States
Completed 1816; 1859
Demolished 1932
Client Joseph Thorpe Elliston; William R. Elliston
Design and construction
Architect William Strickland

Burlington, also known as the Elliston-Farrell House, was a historic mansion on a plantation in mid-town Nashville, Tennessee, US. It stood on modern-day Elliston Place.

History

The plantation was established by Joseph T. Elliston, a silversmith who served as the fourth mayor of Nashville from 1814 to 1817.[1] In 1811, Elliston purchased 208 acres for $11,435.75 in mid-town, from "what is now 20th Avenue to a line covering part of Centennial Park, and from a line well within the Vanderbilt campus today to Charlotte Avenue."[1] He subsequently purchased 350 acres "along what is now Murphey Road, including the Acklen Park [West End Park] area."[1] It ran across West End Avenue, which had not yet been built.[2]

Elliston built a small house in 1816, and he named it Burlington "after the Elliston homestead in Kentucky."[3] The house stood on modern-day Elliston Place.[4] It was designed by William Strickland in the Renaissance architectural style.[5]

His son William R. Elliston, who served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847, inherited the plantation in 1856. With his wife Elizabeth Boddie, he built a bigger house on his father's old house in 1859.[5] The Ellistons were slaveholders.[6]

The plantation was inherited by their daughter, Lizinka. With her husband, Edward Buford, a Confederate veteran, she built a new house in 1887.[7] By 1889, they sold most of the land to the West End Land Company for development.[2][3] Part of the land was also donated to build the campus of Vanderbilt University.[6]

The house was dismantled in 1932.[5] However, the materials were used by the Shepherds, who were descendants of the Ellistons, to build a new mansion called Burlington in Green Hills, designed by architect Bryant Fleming.[4]

In 2012, Vanderbilt University named Elliston Hall for Elizabeth Boddie Elliston.[6] In a 2017 article, USA Today questioned their decision to honor a slaveholder on their campus.[6]

Further reading

  • Elliston Farrell, Josephine (1958). Burlington: A Memory. OCLC 10338885.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Davis, Louise (August 14, 1983). "Early Silversmiths Left Marks on City. Names of Elliston, Calhoun Figure Big in Nashville History". The Tennessean. pp. 93–94. Retrieved April 14, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
  2. 1 2 "Staid Elliston Place May Lose Identity". The Tennessean. March 29, 1958. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved April 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
  3. 1 2 Thompson, E. D. (March 2, 2016). "The Elliston Family still serves Our Area". The News. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Cason, Albert (June 25, 1981). "Mansion Purchased, Opening Way to Luxury Homes". The Tennessean. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved April 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
  5. 1 2 3 Whitsitt Edwards, Amelia (1999). Nashville Interiors, 1866 to 1922. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 27–32. ISBN 9780738502205. OCLC 44274945.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Epstein Ojalvo, Holly (February 13, 2017). "Beyond Yale: These other university buildings have ties to slavery and white supremacy". USA Today. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Edward Buford, Wholesale Firm President, Dies. End Comes At Home On Elliston Place; 86 Years Old". The Tennessean. June 12, 1928. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved April 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).

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