Tulip Grove is an antebellum

Antebellum architecture

Antebellum architecture is a term used to describe the characteristic neoclassical architectural style of the Southern United States, especially the Old South, from after the birth of the United States in the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War...

 house built nearby the Hermitage

The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee)

The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, east of downtown Nashville. The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. Jackson only lived at the property...

 in 1836 for Andrew Jackson Donelson

Andrew Jackson Donelson

Andrew Jackson Donelson was an American diplomat and a candidate for Vice President of the United States.-Biography:...

, who was the nephew of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1970.

History

While Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

 was still President in 1834, Andrew Jackson Donelson

Andrew Jackson Donelson

Andrew Jackson Donelson was an American diplomat and a candidate for Vice President of the United States.-Biography:...

 decided to build Tulip Grove in land close-by to the Hermitage

The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee)

The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, east of downtown Nashville. The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845. Jackson only lived at the property...

. The house was completed in 1836 with the original name of "Poplar Grove." President Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States . Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson ....

 suggested he rename it to Tulip Grove in 1841.

In 1858, Donelson sold the property and it passed through successive owners until 1964 when it was acquired by the Ladies' Hermitage Association.

Architecture

Tulip Grove is representative of the antebellum Greek Revival style that was popular before the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. It consists of two main stories, a basement, and attic.