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President Jackson's Tomb and Monument at Hermitage, Tennessee, circa 1996

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Title	President Jackson's Tomb and Monument at Hermitage, Tennessee, circa 1996
Personal name	Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Hermitage; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Tomb; Jackson, Rachel, 1767-1828--Tomb
Corporate name	Hermitage (Hermitage, Tenn.) Ladies Hermitage Association
Topical entry	Architecture Popular Culture Memorials--Tennessee--Hermitage Presidents--United States--Tombs Presidents--United States--Monuments Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Tennessee--Hermitage Monuments & memorials--Tennessee--Hermitage Architectural elements--Tennessee--Hermitage
Geographic entry	Hermitage (Tenn.)--History--Sources Hermitage (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description	A circa 1996 photograph of President Andrew Jackson's Tomb at the Hermitage, the handsome old estate of "Old Hickory" the seventh President of the United States. Andrew Jackson died in 1845 at the Hermitage reaching the age of 77. His burial was beside his beloved wife Rachel Donelson Jackson, who had died in 1828 just before he took the office of President. The funerary monument designed by Nashville architect David Morrison is a Doric "tempietto" as well as a "monopteron" an architectural element from Greek antiquity of cylindrical form surrounded by a single row of columns. The Hermitage is a National Historic Landmark that is preserved by the Ladies' Hermitage Association. In December 1960, the National Park Service designated The Hermitage as one of Tennessee's first National Historic Landmarks and in 1971 the property was formally listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Tulip Grove mansion was individually listed in the National Register in 1984. The Hermitage is located approximately 16 miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 5 x 7 in.
Creator	Warterfield, Charles W. (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	ca. 1996
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	P-2893
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1990-1999
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks P-2893