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Hilltop: Only Cockrill Home Standing

Updated: Oct 29

541 Stevenson St. Nashville, TN

Circa 1903. 2-story red brick home


In 1906, Benjamin Franklin Cockrill (1866-1936) and wife Willie Mercer Christian Cockrill (1865-1951) built Hilltop after his family home, Richland, burned in 1902. Cockrill subdivided his family land and kept 23 acres on which to build his new home.


Photo from Redfin


It remains at 541 Stevenson St. as of 2017. Ben and Willie had married in 1887. He was a farmer and served in the Tennessee House of Representatives 1902-05. He was very active in state politics. He worked with the Tennessee Chemical Company for decades. The family had a vacation home at Ridgetop resort. At some point, the Cockrill couple moved to the Polk Apartments - built on the site of the former Polk Mansion on 7th Ave. North.

In 1974, Henry C. Smith was the owner. See Cockrill Springs, Richland, Westover


Sources:

Nashville Pikes Vo. 4 Charlotte, Clifton and Hydes Ferry Pikes

Nashville: A Short History & Selected Buildings, Historic Commission of Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County, 1974, p. 267

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