Longview, Historic house in Nashville, United States.
Longview is a two-story historic mansion at 811 Caldwell Lane in South Nashville. James Erwin Caldwell redesigned the original one-story Antebellum cottage in the Italianate style in 1878 and added a second story; a 1906 Beaux-Arts remodeling added a portico, a winding staircase and a third-story attic.
A one-story cottage was built in the Antebellum era for Henry Norvell and Laura Sevier, granddaughter of Tennessee's first governor John Sevier. In 1878 James Erwin Caldwell, president of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, bought it, added a second story and redesigned it in the Italianate style. It was remodeled in Beaux-Arts style in 1906, served eight years as the Franklin Road Church of Christ, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1983.
Longview's name comes from the Caldwell family, whose telephone company brought the Bell System to the American South. The house later served eight years as the Franklin Road Church of Christ, and since 1983 it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The property is a private residence and therefore not open for interior viewings, but can be observed from the street outside. Parking is available on surrounding neighborhood streets, and the location is easily accessible on foot.
The house takes its name from James Erwin Caldwell, president of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, which installed the Bell System across the American South. He bought the cottage in 1878, added a second story and lived there with his wife Mary Winston and their ten children.
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