Title	Grassmere: east side elevation
Creator(s)	Staff at MTSU Center for Historic Preservation
Date	1984-05
Coverage	1980-1989
Property name	Grassmere
Additional property name	Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Property type	House
Community Name	Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Description	Color photograph of the east elevation at Grassmere. The two bays, composed of two four-over-four sash windows arranged one directly above the other, flank the central brick, exterior chimney. Two four-over-four attic windows enframe the narrowed chimney stack in the east gable end.
Historical Notes	Grassmere is a historic house in Nashville, Tennessee. The present Italianate residence originated as a Tennessee Federal style building. Michael C. Dunn purchased the property of 272.5 acres in 1810 from Alex Simpson and eventually added a hundred acres. This sizable holding enabled Dunn to sell 330 acres of his property to his son-in-law Lee Shute in 1846. The property remained in the Shute family through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. From 1876 to 1881, the house was remodeled to adhere to Victorian aesthetics. Electricity and plumbing eventually replaced gas lighting. In 1964, Margaret and Elise Croft, the last direct members of the Shute family line, bequeathed Grassmere to the Cumberland Museum (Children's Museum of Nashville later the Adventure Science Center) upon their deaths. Grassmere Wildlife Park opened in 1990, but it closed in 1995 and Nashville Metro acquired the property. Due to the will stipulations of the Croft sisters, the property had to be preserved as a "natural study center." The Nashville Zoo, therefore, relocated to the Grassmere property in December of 1996. In 1998, the home was opened to the public and the farm followed suit by 1999.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Houses and homes Brick houses
Subject-AAT	Chimneys Sash windows Shutters Brick
Subject-TGM	Brickwork Chimneys
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Slide
Extent	35 mm
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

Grassmere: east side elevation

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