| Sunnyside | |
| Location: | 3000 Granny White Pike, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 36.1192°N -86.7889°W |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | October 1, 1974 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 74001910 |
Sunnyside is a historic mansion in Sevier Park, a public park in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The two-story mansion was built in the 1840s.[1] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.[1] It was built for Mary Childress Benton,[2] the sister-in-law of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, after she became a widow.[1] When her great-niece Mary Douglass married Theodore Francis Sevier, it became their family home.[2]
In the 1860s, the mansion was purchased by John Armstrong Shute, who gave it to his daughter, Mrs Stephen W. Childress, as a present.[1] It was damaged during the Battle of Nashville.[1] Shortly after, it served as a hospital for wounded soldiers of the Confederate States Army.[1] After the war, Childress renamed the mansion Lee Monte, after Confederate General Robert E. Lee.[1]
In 1882, the mansion was purchased by Dr. L.G. Noel, a Professor of Dentistry at Vanderbilt University.[2] In 1927, Granville Sevier, who was Mary Douglass Sevier's grandson, bought back the home, adding to it and renovating it.[2] His children bequeathed Sunnyside to the City of Nashville in 1945.[2] Three years later, in 1948, Sevier Park was established as a public park around the property.[2]
The mansion was restored in 2004.[2]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 1, 1974.[3]