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The Alexander Ewing House is a historic mansion in
Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
, U.S. The two-story plantation home was built in 1821 in the Federal architecture style for Alexander Ewing. It is constructed of brick with a stone foundation and a gable roof. Both the north and south side elevations feature a pair of chimneys connected by a parapet wall. The house has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
since November 25, 1980.


History

Alexander Ewing was born May 10, 1752, in Cecil County, Maryland. He was a veteran of the
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
and the owner of 13 slaves. For his services in the war, Ewing was granted 2,666 acres of land in Davidson County, Tennessee. Ewing moved to Tennessee in 1786 and began adding to his land holdings in middle Tennessee in 1792. The Ewing House was built approximately 850 feet north of the Frederick Stump House, a tavern and inn from the late 1700s that is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was completed only a year before Ewing died in 1822. After Ewing's death, the house was inherited by his son William Black Ewing. By 1846, another son, Randall Ewing, sold the house to Cornelius Waggoner. By 1850, Randall Ewing moved westward for the California Gold Rush. Meanwhile, Cornelius Waggoner lived in the house until 1872, when it was inherited by his son, Benjamin F. Waggoner.


References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Federal architecture in Tennessee Houses completed in 1821 Houses in Nashville, Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Nashville, Tennessee {{DavidsonCountyTN-NRHP-stub