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

Sunnyside

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, February 20, 2012

1. Sunnyside Marker

Inscription. Home of Mary Benton, widow of Jesse Benton who left Nashville after a famous feud with Andrew Jackson in 1813. The Greek Revival house was built c. 1852 and stood between Union and Confederate lines during the Battle of Nashville in 1864. Prominent dentist L. G. Noel lived here for 45 years. The brick wings were added by Col. Granville Sevier during renovation of the house in the late 1920s.

Erected 2004 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 118.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Women. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1813.

Location. 36° 7.186′ N, 86° 47.369′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Breeze Hill. It can be reached from the intersection of Kirkwood Avenue and Granny White Pike. Located in front of the Sunnyside Mansion on top of the hill in Sevier Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Nashville TN 37204, 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

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markers are within walking distance of this marker: Early History (a few steps from this marker); Enslaved People at Sunnyside (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War: The Battle of Nashville (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Granville Sevier (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. L.G. Noel (within shouting distance of this marker); Sevier Park (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Sunnyside (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jack Clement Recording Studios (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

More about this marker. Donated by the Questers International Granny White Chapter No. 874

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, February 20, 2012

2. Sunnyside Marker

Sunnyside Mansion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, February 20, 2012

3. Sunnyside Mansion

Sunnyside Mansion as viewed from the marker

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, February 20, 2012

4. Sunnyside Mansion

Sunnyside Mansion viewed from the flagpole out front.

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, February 20, 2012

5. Sunnyside Mansion

View from the parking lot for Sevier Park, located off of Clayton Avenue

Photographed by Karl Stelly, April 4, 2014

6. Sunnyside Mansion

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 20, 2012, by Kevin Hoch of Waco, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,531 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 20, 2012, by Kevin Hoch of Waco, Texas. 6. submitted on April 16, 2014, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.