Garden Plan of the Pillars
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Creator |
Bills, John Houston |
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Title |
Garden Plan of the Pillars |
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Alternate Title |
Pillars, Garden Plan |
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Date |
circa 1860; 1936 |
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Genre |
Drawings
Maps |
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Description |
This drawing of the "Garden Plan of the Pillars" was created by J.E. Wood, Jr. for the History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee. It depicts a seven section garden that is numbered according to a key provided on the drawing. |
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Historical note |
John Houston Bills, a close friend and contemporary of President James K. Polk, added a wing and a second story to this house in the small town of Bolivar, Tennessee, which is located in lower West Tennessee, surrounded by plantation lands. He also designed the home's formal garden. During the Civil War, to which he was heartily opposed, he had cordial relations with Union officers passing through and occupying the town, even as his son in law, Marshall Polk, a nephew of James K. and Sarah Childress Polk, served with Confederate forces. He built a small cottage behind The Pillars, for his daughter Evalina Bills Polk, so that she could stay close to her family while her husband was away at war. |
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Subject |
Gardens |
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Theme |
Holding Fast to Beauty |
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Story |
Sarah Polk |
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Geographic Location |
United States--Tennessee--Bolivar |
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Time period |
1860-1869 |
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Language |
eng |
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Rights |
Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. |
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Credit line |
History of Homes and Gardens of Tennessee, Courtesy Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
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Type |
Still image |
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Format |
image/jp2 |
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Contributing Institution |
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art |
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Digital Publisher |
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University |
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Source |
Garden Study Club of Nashville, Parthenon Press |
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Archival file |
shades12/shades_pill_0003.tif |
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