The Hermitage, Home of Old Hickory

by Stanley F. Horn

INDEX

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] I [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] Q [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X Y Z

A Adams, Dan, [202]. Mrs. Marion, [41], [42], [100], [101]. Additions to Hermitage (1831), [22]. Anderson, Patton, [176]. Armstrong, Robert, [27], [30], [31], [34], [35], [36], [167], [168].

B Baker, T. L., [55]. Barksdale, Alex. (Overseer), [161]. Barnum, Phineas T., [155], [156]. Baxter, Mrs. Nathaniel, [46]. Bentham, Jeremy, [18]. Benton, Thomas H., [97], [99], [144], [204]. Bertrand, Marshall, [147]. Blount, Willie, [160]. Books in library, [65]. Boone, Daniel, [150]. Brownlow, Wm. G., [151]. Buchanan, James, [137]. Burr, Aaron, [15], [17], [139], [140], [141], [142].

C Caffery, Donelson, [16]. Carriage House, [89], [90]. Cartright, Peter, [195], [196]. Cemetery, burials in, [84]. Childress, George C., [29]. Chronology (Appendix A), [207]. Clover Bottom, [13], [14], [140], [141]. Coffee, John, [7], [14], [22], [24], [115], [118], [119], [120], [121], [135], [141], [148], [149], [190]. Combs, Leslie, [151], [152]. Contract for rebuilding Hermitage, [31]. Conveyance of Hermitage to Ladies’ Hermitage Association, [45]. Cooper, Matthew D., [127]. Cost of rebuilding, [35], [36]. Cotton, cultivation and marketing, [18], [35], [167], [168], [170], [171], [172], [173], [174]. Cryer, Hardy M., [80].

D Davis, Jefferson, [142], [143]. Death of General Jackson, [205]. Decatur, Stephen, [60]. Description of house, [58]. Dickinson, Charles, [14], [15], [17], [177]. Donelson, Andrew Jackson, [27], [31], [67], [72], [111], [112], [113], [114], [115], [116], [117], [118], [134], [149], [162], [173], [184], [200]. Elizabeth E. (Mrs. John), [12]. Emily (Mrs. A. J.), [60], [112], [113], [114], [134]. John, [7], [191]. Samuel, [105]. Severn, [101]. Stockley, [27], [186]. William, [27], [111], [119], [178]. William Alexander, [44]. Mrs. William Alexander, [44]. Dorris, Mrs. D. R., [44]. Douglas, Stephen A., [152]. Driveway, [53], [58], [88], [127].

E Earl, R. E. W., [24], [25], [58], [67], [125], [126], [127]. Early Life of General Jackson, [3], [4]. Eaton, Major John M., [81], [115], [148]. Peggy (Mrs. John M.), [112], [113], [117], [148], [149], [150]. Ephriam (Truxton’s groom), [186]. Epitaph of General Jackson, [82]. of Mrs. Andrew Jackson, [81]. Estate of General Jackson, [38].

F Fillmore, Millard, [117], [138]. Fire at Hermitage, [26]-27. First excursion to Hermitage, [49]. Flowers in garden, [75], [76], [77]. Forrest, General Nathan Bedford, [156]. Frost, William, [74]. Furniture, invoice for, [68], [69].

G Garden, [73]. Gilbert (runaway slave), [184], [185]. Greyhound, [175].

H Hamilton, James M., [153], [154]. Hampton, Wade, [16]. Harris, Isham G., [41], [86]. Hayes, Rutherford B., [138]. Hays, Nathaniel, [13]. Hays, Robert, [159]. Healy, G. P. A., [201]. Hermitage (See subjects pertaining to). Church, [187], [188], [189], [191], [193]. Hobbs, Edward (Overseer), [166], [167], [168]. Holliday (Overseer), [169]. Holtzclaw, Burnard W., [164], [165], [181], [182], [183]. Horses, breeding of at Hermitage, [174], [175], [176], [177]. Houston, Sam, [138], [139], [200]. Hume, Dr. William, [193]. William C., [30], [31], [34]. Hunter’s Hill, [8], [9], [11], [12], [13], [17], [91], [92], [103], [108]. Hutchings, Andrew J., [67], [118], [119], [120], [121], [122]. John, [11], [14], [159].

J Jackson, Albert Marble, [49]. Amy Rich (Mrs. Andrew, III), [43], [44]. & Hutchings, [10], [14]. General Andrew (See subjects pertaining to). Andrew, Junior, [22], [28], [36], [37], [38], [42], [67], [94], [102], [103], [104], [105], [106], [107], [108], [109], [110]. Andrew, III, [41], [42], [43], [44], [53], [110], [187]. Rachel Donelson (Mrs. Andrew), [2], [4], [5], [13], [19], [42], [99], [131], [132], [133], [143], [158], [159]. Sarah York (Mrs. Andrew, Junior), [36], [42], [43], [60], [104], [187]. Samuel, [41]. Jackson’s Well, [7]. James, Jesse, [194]. Jennings, Dr. O., [130], [131]. John Randolph, burning of, [61], [70]. Johnson, Andrew, [40].

K Kitchen of Hermitage, [23], [88].

L Ladies’ Hermitage Association, [43], [46], [50], [52], [66], [75], [77], [79], [87], [93]. Lafayette, Marquis, [67], [145], [146], [147]. Lawrence, Rachel Jackson, [42], [55], [61], [81], [110]. Lee, Major Henry, [81], [129], [130], [134]. Robert E., [130]. Lewis, Major W. B., [19], [35], [37], [109], [114], [134], [178], [183], [204]. Lind, Jenny, [155]. Love, Col. Chas. J., [30], [31], [119], [163], [166], [167]. Lyncoya, [122], [123], [124], [125].

M Michaux, Andre, [147]. Monroe, James, [17], [137]. Morrison, D., [22], [24], [81]. Mombrino, [167].

N Nashville, [4], [6], [26], [29], [42], [44], [45], [49], [55], [61], [67], [68], [77], [81], [83], [86], [90], [103], [112], [115], [120], [124], [129], [130], [132], [133], [135], [137], [138], [139], [143], [147], [151], [153], [155]. Natchez, [5], [7], [9]. New Orleans, [9], [18], [29], [30], [60], [68], [88], [90], [92], [100], [102], [108], [159], [172], [189]. New York, [18], [90].

O Original Hermitage, description of, [17]. Origin of name “Hermitage,” [18]. Old Hickory Powder Plant, [7]. Overton, John, [4], [14], [15], [131], [148]. Overseers, [161], [162], [163], [164], [165], [166], [167], [168], [169], [185].

P Parton, James, [1], [19], [20], [97], [133], [150]. Person, Benjamin B. (Overseer), [162]. Philadelphia, [9], [18], [61], [68], [71], [76], [90], [104], [109], [110], [120]. Pictures of Hermitage, [24], [25], [26]. Pierce, Franklin, [137]. Plantation, operation of, [71], [158]. Polk, James K., [117], [138], [199], [200]. Poll, the Hermitage parrot, [110], [111]. Poplar Grove (Poplar Flat), [7], [158]. Purchase of Hermitage by State, [39]. of Hermitage land in 1804, [13].

R Reiff & Hume, [30], [31], [35], [117]. Joseph, [20], [21], [30], [31], [34], [168]. Relics, acquisition of, [53]. Religious life of General Jackson, [100], [187], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [193], [194], [195], [198]. Robards, Lewis, [4], [5], [8]. Roosevelt, Franklin D., [138]. Theodore, [51], [52], [57], [138].

S Shannon, John, [8]. Shelby, Isaac, [151]. Slaves at Hermitage, [177], [178], [179], [182], [183], [184], [185], [186]. Smith, General Daniel, [111]. Smokehouse, [89]. Son, adoption of, [101]. Springhouse, [91]. Steele, Graves W. (Overseer), [106], [162], [163], [178], [183], [197].

T Taft, William H., [138]. Texas Regiment entertained, [157]. Toland, Henry, [29], [63], [68], [107]. Tomb in garden, [80], [83], [86], [87], [180]. Trees in garden, [74], [78], [85]. on grounds, [88]. Trist, Nicholas P., [116], [127]. Truxton, [175], [176], [177], [186]. Tulip Grove, [31], [87], [117], [139].

U Uncle Alfred, [54], [55], [77], [84], [87], [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [135], [138].

V Van Buren, Martin, [115], [126], [137], [169], [199], [200]. Verrell, Major John, [175].

W Wall paper, [50], [51], [61], [62], [63]. Walton, Ira (Overseer), [185]. Ward, Col. Edward, [11], [12], [103], [188]. Washington, D. C., [18], [19], [22], [26], [28], [50], [51], [71], [73], [76], [80], [90], [103], [104], [108], [112], [113], [114], [115], [119], [120], [135], [169], [189]. Watson, Thomas, [11], [14]. White House, [1], [19], [22], [26], [28], [68], [103], [104], [110], [113], [116], [126]. White, Maunsel, [68], [171], [172]. Wise, Henry A., [130], [132].

Front Elevation

This façade never fails to evoke praise from the best informed. Proportion, mass, real craftsmanship and feeling are assisted by ingenious solutions of practical problems involved in remodeling. The rhythm of the column spacing is unorthodox but extremely interesting and beautiful. The columns themselves are unique, being made of separate boards routed to form the fluting and with beaded, tongued and grooved joints between the fluting. Brick bases and applied cast-iron leaves on the capitals are typical examples of the highly successful ingenuity of the builders, who present a challenge to present-day architects.

Rear Elevation

“Graceful liberties with a Greek temple façade” seems sufficient to describe this simple and gracious design.