One of the most charming urban communities of Nashville, Tennessee real estate is Eastwood Neighbors in East Nashville downtown real estate. A friendly and wonderfully diverse inner-city neighborhood, Eastwood Nashville TN real estate and its older single- and multi-family homes are characterized by local variations on the architectural styles popular throughout the country between 1890 and 1940.
Look for the architectural variety of Queen Anne characteristics, the Classical Revival style, Bungalow- and Craftsman-style cottages, along with romantic English Cottages in an eclectic mix of historic homes in Nashville TN real estate.
Families from the Eastwood Neighbors section of Nashville, Tennessee real estate enjoy mingling at nearby parks, restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and the bakery, and shopping a unique collection of friendly local shops.
Nashville TN real estate in Eastwood used to be a part of the western territory in North Carolina. Development moved slowly over the next 200 years. To encourage western settlement, Revolutionary War veterans were paid with 640-acre land grants for their services. In 1786, Daniel Williams acquired land that is now the Eastwood and Lockland Springs neighborhoods, using it for mostly agricultural purposes while raising his large family.
Sixty-four years later, he sold 100 acres to a Dr. Benjamin F. Weakely who built a house on what is now Sumner Avenue near North 14th Street. During the next hundred years, that plot was gradually subdivided. When the Woodland Street and Shelby Street bridges brought the electric streetcar lines to Eastwood, link the East End across the Cumberland River to the downtown area, more and more middle-class residents had the opportunity to buy a home in the country on a quarter acre away from the smoke and congestion of the city.
Founded in 1779, Nashville was originally called Fort Nashborough in honor of acclaimed Revolutionary War hero General Francis Nash. In 1784, the community's name was changed from Nashborough to Nashville and became Tennessee's capital between 1812 and 1815, and permanently so designated in 1843. Under its 1963 Metropolitan Charter, the City of Nashville and Davidson County have a unique single government governed by a mayor and 40-member Metro Council. That authority reaches more than a half-million people and 533 square miles.
The active Eastwood Neighbors Association has been involved in a long list of projects and ongoing causes including the Kroger renovation, Eastland Park renovation, stopped a methadone clinic from being built in our neighborhood, built swings for Cora-Howe elementary and refurbished the playground, established the Welcome to Eastwood Neighbors sign, clean-up efforts, home tours, many other neighborhood improvements, conservation Zoning for part of the neighborhood. Resident are encouraged to serve projects and on committees such as the Zoning & Codes Committee, the Communications Committee, as Cora-Howe Liaison to the Cora-Howe Elementary School and the Family Resource Center, the Social Committee, and the Crime & Safety Committee.
To discover the quaint neighborhood, visit the area between Gallatin Avenue from Eastland to Douglas; Eastland Avenue from Gallatin Avenue to Porter Road; Porter Road from Eastland to the railway tracks; and Douglas Avenue from Porter Road to Gallatin Avenue to find the perfect spot to nest.
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