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

Melrose

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 7, 2021

1. Melrose Marker

Inscription. Melrose, former home of Gov. Aaron V. Brown. The Confederate works ran 200 yards south of the residence, thence turned west so as to pass in front of Berry home.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 7.117′ N, 86° 45.778′ W. Marker is in Berry Hill, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in South Nashville. It is on Thompson Lane. Marker is in the rear of Woodlawn Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 660 Thompson Lane, Nashville TN 37211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hospital Water Source (within shouting distance of this marker); Carper Homestead (within shouting distance of this marker); Cheatham’s Line (approx. ¾ mile away); Battle of Nashville (approx. ¾ mile away); Warehouse 28 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Woodbine (approx. 0.9 miles away); Vine Hill / Donau (approx. one mile away); Central High School (approx. 1.2 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Cumberland Park (was approx. one mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 7, 2021

2. Melrose Marker

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 7, 2021

3. Melrose

George and Lillian Forehand bought the property in the 1960s and converted Melrose into this more-modern dwelling.

Postmaster General Aaron V. Brown image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. C. Buttre

4. Postmaster General Aaron V. Brown

Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 724 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 7, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3, 4. submitted on February 8, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.