Clover Bottom Mansion

The Italianate mansion stands near the Stones River, featuring high windows, decorative brackets, and French Zuber wallpaper throughout its interior rooms.

Built in 1859 as a plantation house, the mansion incorporated parts of an earlier 1853 structure that burned down on the 1,500-acre property.

The property contains two preserved slave cabins from 1858, offering documentation about the lives of sixty people held in slavery during that period.

The Tennessee Historical Commission maintains its offices in the mansion, which underwent extensive restoration work in 1994 to preserve its architectural elements.

Former slave John McCline escaped from this plantation in 1862 and joined the Union Army, later writing an autobiography about his experiences.

Location: Davidson County

Architectural style: Italianate architecture

GPS coordinates: 36.16972,-86.64944

Latest update: March 13, 2025 12:28