Bellevue in Forest Hills in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

1811 House

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 18, 2025

1. 1811 House Marker

Inscription. Built c. 1811, the Hodge House is the oldest structure in Warner Parks. In 1793 the North Carolina Assembly sold James Robertson a land grant for ten pounds. James Hodge purchased a portion of the tract in 1797. Later, his brother George built this white ash log house facing the Old Trail, now Chickering Road. According to an 1833 will, the Hodge-Northern family enslaved at least 14 people here. The City of Nashville bought the house and surrounding 49 acres from the family с. 1927. The family cemetery remains on a nearby hill.

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This excellent example of a local two-story log farmhouse contributed to the listing of the Warner Park Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The structure had fallen into disrepair when Metro Parks funded a reconstruction in 2008 with support from Friends of Warner Parks. Carefully dismantled, the original logs and other materials were numbered, preserved and reused. The historic house and grounds are now available for reservation by the public.

Erected 2025 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 268.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1811.

Location.

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36° 3.16′ N, 86° 52.604′ W. Marker is in Forest Hills, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Bellevue. It is on Chickering Road north of Old Hickory Blvd, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1935 Chickering Rd, Nashville TN 37215, 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: Northern-Hodge Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Percy Warner Park - Chickering Trailhead (approx. half a mile away); Harpeth Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Aaittafama' Archaeological Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Beechville (approx. 1.2 miles away); Welcome to the Warner Parks (approx. 1.8 miles away); Edwin Warner Park (approx. 2 miles away); To the men of the First Tennessee Infantry who sleep in honored glory (approx. 2 miles away).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 18, 2025

2. 1811 House Marker

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 18, 2025

3. 1811 House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 913 times since then and 148 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 18, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.