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

Merritt House

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 9, 2024

1. Merritt House Marker

Inscription. Gibson Merritt (1800-1873) came to Nashville around 1815 from North Carolina and worked as a farmer and cabinetmaker. Merritt married Sarah Rains (1793-1861) in 1828, and by 1850 he owned 44 acres and eleven enslaved persons. This c. 1870 two-story Italianate house was home to their son, state senator Alfred Gowen Merritt (1832-1908) and his wife Caroline Donelson (1841-1922) by 1880. The rear portion contains a log cabin that may date to the 1780s and the Rains family.

Erected 2023 by the Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 255.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1815.

Location. 36° 8.51′ N, 86° 46.045′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in South Nashville. It is on Humphreys Street east of Brown Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 441 Humphreys St, Nashville TN 37203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American

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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: First Steam Locomotive (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); May Hosiery Mills (approx. 0.2 miles away); United Record Pressing (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dudley Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Captain John Rains (approx. ¼ mile away); St. Patrick Catholic Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Tom Wilson Park / Thomas T. Wilson (approx. 0.3 miles away); From Burying Ground to Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Also see . . . Merritt Mansion. Wedgewood Village (Submitted on March 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia.)

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 9, 2024

2. Merritt House Marker

The Merritt house image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 9, 2024

3. The Merritt house

Credits. This page was last revised on March 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 917 times since then and 104 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 10, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.