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

Compton-Burton House and Farm

"Seven Hills"

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 8, 2025

1. Compton-Burton House and Farm Marker

Inscription. In 1929 Andrew M. Burton, a founder of the Life and Casualty Insurance Co., and his wife, Lillie Armstrong, purchased a two-story Greek Revival house built c.1853 by Felix Compton. They renovated the house and added several outbuildings. Following Lillie's death in 1981, the house and 192 acres were willed to David Lipscomb College (now Lipscomb University). The school sold the property - which became the Burton Hills development - in 1984, and the house was dismantled and never re-built.

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Photo caption:
William Lucas sold half of his 1784 land grant to his brother Andrew in 1791. Andrew and his wife, Nancy Gower-Lucas sold 100 acres to their son John in 1812, who built a log cabin here. Felix Compton, who held 34 enslaved people as of 1850, purchased the cabin and land in 1853. He built the house which was later used as Confederate General Walthall's headquarters. After the Battle of Nashville in December 1864, the house served as a Federal field hospital. The Compton and Burton families each lived here for 52 years.
Photo by Samuel D. Smith, 1984, Courtesy of Tennessee Division of Archaeology.

Erected 2025 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 282.)

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Location. 36° 5.718′ N, 86° 49.228′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is at the intersection of Cumberland Place and Burton Hills Blvd, on the right when traveling south on Cumberland Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Cumberland Pl, Nashville TN 37215, 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: Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.6 miles away); Redoubt No. 4, Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.7 miles away); Minnesota (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Nashville (approx. 0.9 miles away); Julia McClung Green (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hillsboro High School (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 8, 2025

2. Compton-Burton House and Farm Marker

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 8, 2025

3. Compton-Burton House and Farm Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 136 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 8, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.