Hill Place in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Hillwood Estates

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2020

1. Hillwood Estates Marker

Inscription. In 1910, Horace Greeley Hill, Sr. and wife Mamie began buying land around their West Nashville home Cliff Lawn. After Hill Sr., an entrepreneur and philanthropist, died in 1942, H.G. Hill, Jr. took over the family business and began developing that land into the Hillwood Estates subdivision. The neighborhood includes an elementary and high school, both named for Hill, as well as the Hillwood Country Club and Hillwood Presbyterian Church, for which Hill Jr. donated land.

Erected 2019 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 198.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 36° 6.933′ N, 86° 51.757′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Hill Place. It is at the intersection of Post

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Road and Davidson Road, on the right when traveling south on Post Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 501 Close Ln, Nashville TN 37205, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hood's Maneuvers (approx. half a mile away); The Belle Meade Railway Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); War on the Home Front (approx. 0.6 miles away); Belle Meade Plantation (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Belle Meade Plantation (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Natchez Trace (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dairy (approx. 0.6 miles away); Slave Cabin (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Another

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2020

2. Hillwood Estates Marker

marker is no longer nearby. In 1865 (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,064 times since then and 122 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.