| Longview | |
| Location: | 811 Caldwell lane, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 36.106°N -86.7757°W |
| Architecture: | Beaux-Arts |
| Added: | January 12, 1983 |
| Refnum: | 83003027 |
Longview is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The mansion is located at 811 Caldwell lane in South Nashville, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee and capital of the state.[1] [2]
A one-story cottage was built in the Antebellum era for Henry Norvell and Laura Sevier, the granddaughter of John Sevier, who had served as the first Governor of Tennessee.[2] During the Civil War, the house was used by Confederate General John Bell Hood in his preparation before the Battle of Nashville of December 15–16, 1864.[2]
In 1878, the cottage was purchased by James Erwin Caldwell, the president of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, which installed the Bell System in the American South.[2] Caldwell redesigned the house in the Italianate architectural style, and added a second story.[2] He lived there with his wife, Mary Winston, and their ten children.[2]
The house was redesigned in the Beaux-Arts architectural style in 1906.[2] In that process, the house was expanded with a portico, a winding staircase, and an attic in the third story.[2]
After Caldwell's death, the house was sold to the Franklin Road Church of Christ.[2] It was converted into a church building, and it remained a church for eight years.[2] In 1960, the house was purchased by Dr Nicholas de Palma.[2] He sold it in 1977.[2]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 12, 1983.[1]