Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee)

Travellers' Rest
Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee)
Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee) is located in the United States
Travellers Rest (Nashville, Tennessee)
LocationFranklin Rd., Oak Hill, Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°4′37″N 86°45′49.3″W / 36.07694°N 86.763694°W / 36.07694; -86.763694
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1799
Architectural styleVernacular Federal
NRHP reference No.69000179[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1969

Travellers Rest, also known as Golgotha,[2] is a former plantation and historic plantation house, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The first owner of the site was John Overton in 1796, who built the first family home in 1799.[2] For many years this plantation was worked and maintained by enslaved Black people.[3][4]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 30, 1969, for its 18th century agricultural, political, and military history significance.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Travellers Rest". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. July 28, 1969. Retrieved June 21, 2021. (with 8 accompanying photos from 1969)
  3. ^ Rust, Randal. "Travellers Rest". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "A Past Uncovered: The Story of the Enslaved People of Travellers Rest". AASLH. Retrieved June 21, 2021.