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Description
Title
Riverwood
:
interior
view
of
bedroom
Creator(s)
Staff
at
MTSU
Center
for
Historic
Preservation
Date
1983
Coverage
1980-1989
Property name
Riverwood Mansion
Property type
House
Community Name
Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Description
Black
and
white
photograph
of
bedroom
at
Riverwood
.
Located
off
the
second-floor
main
hall
, this
bedroom
contains
a
prominent
bed
. A
six-pane
French
door
provides
an
entrance
to the
front
portico's
balcony
.
Historical Notes
Located
in
northeastern
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
historic
Riverwood
Mansion
dates
back
to the
late
1790s
when
Alexander
Porter
purchased
2,500
acres
on the
north
bank
of the
Cumberland
River
for a
farm
. A
native
of
Ireland
,
Porter
settled
first
in
Philadelphia
sometime
before
1793
.
Eventually
,
Porter
settled
in
Nashville
and
started
a
successful
linen
business
. As
early
as
1799
,
construction
began
on a
Porter
family
residence
overlooking
the
Cumberland
River
.
Tammany
Wood
, as the
structure
came
to be
known
, was
styled
after
Tamna
Wood
, the
ancestral
home
in
Ireland
. The
home
remained
in the
Porter
family
until
December
9
,
1859
when
William
Frierson
Cooper
purchased
the
property
for
$87,933.40
.
Cooper
,
who
eventually
gained
distinction
as the
Chief
Justice
of the
Supreme
Court
of
Tennessee
,
renamed
the
stately
residence
Riverwood
. The
Cooper
family
retained
ownership
of
Riverwood
until
the
1970s
.
It
then
passed
through
the
hands
of
several
owners
,
including
Dr
.
James
M
.
High
,
over
the
next
several
years
. At
time
of
fieldwork
in the
spring
of
1983
,
Dr
.
C
.
Michael
Currie
and his
wife
,
Vickie
L
.
Currie
,
owned
the
property
.
Since
1994
,
Joe
and
Jackie
Glynn
have
owned
Riverwood
,
currently
a
wedding
venue
in the
Nashville
area
.
Indicative
of the
Greek
Revival
style
,
Riverwood
reflects
three
construction
phases
: a
first
phase
from
1790
to
1820
, a
second
phase
in the
1820s
, and a
final
phase
from
1820
to
1850
.
Remodeling
started
in
1875
and
continued
throughout
the
early
twentieth
century
to
modernize
the
home
.
Legend
holds
that
William
Strickland
, a
discipline
of
Benjamin
Henry
Latrobe
,
served
as
architect
;
however
,
according
to
other
sources
, his
son
,
Francis
Strickland
,
is
attributed
with the
house's
design
.
Collection Name
Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH
Historic buildings
Bedrooms
Doors
Subject-AAT
Bedrooms
Beds
French doors
Subject-TGM
Bedrooms
Beds
French doors
Type
Still image
Genre
Photograph
Medium
Paper
Extent
4
x
6
in.
Contributing Institution
Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Copyright status
Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use
Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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