Devon Farm

United States historic place

Devon Farm

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Devon Farm

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Nearest city| Nashville, Tennessee
Area| 30 acres (12 ha)
NRHP reference No.| 74001908[1]
Added to NRHP| August 28, 1974

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

## History

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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

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Devon Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
3. ^ Cornwell, Ilene J. (Summer 1975). "Devon Farm: Harpeth Landmark". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 34 (2): 113–129.
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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