Edgefield Historic District (Nashville, Tennessee)

The area started in the early 1800s as a rural Nashville neighborhood. Many wealthy people and professionals from Nashville built estates in Edgefield. The outlaw Jesse James lived in Edgefield and his address was 712 Fatherland Street. In 1869 Edgefield became a city, and in 1880, it was annexed by the city of Nashville.^[2] The city of Edgefield originally earned its name from Governor Neill S. Brown: he named it for the plains along the river.^[3]

Buildings in the district were constructed from 1850 to 1874 and 1900–1924. They feature a variety of architectural styles including Italianate architecture, Stick architecture, Eastlake architecture and Queen Anne style architecture.^[1]