Devon Farm

	Devon Farm
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Devon Farm
Nearest city	Nashville, Tennessee
Area	30 acres (12 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74001908
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1974

Devon Farm is a historic farm in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 28, 1974.^[2]

History

The property was established as a 6,955-acre land grant by John Davis, a surveyor from North Carolina, in the 1790s.^[3]^[4] Davis built a red brick farmhouse.^[4] It was subsequently inherited by his daughter Fannie and his son-in-law, Morris Harding, in 1816.^[4] The couple lived on the farm for the next five decades, a period that included the American Civil War.^[4]

By 1865, the farm was inherited by Fannie Davis Harding's nephew, Edward Dickson Hicks II.^[4] Hicks imported Devon cattle from England, and he renamed the farm Devon Farm.^[4] It was later inherited by Edward Dickson Hicks III, who lived there with his wife Harriet Cockrill, the granddaughter of Mark R. Cockrill.^[4] By 1946, the farm was inherited by their son, Edward Dickson Hicks IV.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
^ Cornwell, Ilene J. (Summer 1975). "Devon Farm: Harpeth Landmark". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 34 (2): 113–129 – via JSTOR.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[npsdevonfarm-2] "Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

[cornwelldevonfarm-3] Cornwell, Ilene J. (Summer 1975). "Devon Farm: Harpeth Landmark". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 34 (2): 113–129 – via JSTOR.

[npsnominationform-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

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