Clifton Place, Antebellum mansion in Columbia, Tennessee.

Clifton Place is a classical mansion featuring symmetrical design with two main stories and prominent columns framing the entrance portico. The structure includes single-story wings extending to the sides and stands within grounds containing original outbuildings such as a smokehouse, carriage house, barns, and a detached kitchen.

Nathan Vaught built this mansion in 1838 for Gideon Johnson Pillow on inherited land, marking it as the first of three homes constructed for the Pillow brothers. A significant modification occurred in 1852 when the roof was raised, giving the structure much of its present appearance.

The house was built by Nathan Vaught, the master builder also responsible for the Pillow-Bethel House for Jerome Bonaparte Pillow and Pillow Place for Major Granville A. Pillow. The Ridley family, relatives of the Pillows, owned the plantation from 1877 until 1972, so the property stayed within one extended family for a century.

Clifton Place is a private plantation southwest of Columbia on the Mt. Pleasant Pike, and the sources record no public tours or visitor access, so it is not a site to plan a visit around. The mansion and its outbuildings stand on the original grounds; the two-room attic, two-room basement and supply cellar are interior features described in the record, not spaces open to the public.

Clifton Place was the first of three Maury County mansions master builder Nathan Vaught raised for the Pillow brothers; the others were the Pillow-Bethel House for Jerome Bonaparte Pillow and Pillow Place for Major Granville A. Pillow. The Ridley family then held the plantation from 1877 until 1972.