Welcome to Sunnyside at Sevier Park, home to the Metropolitan Historical Commission and Metropolitan Historic Zoning Commission since 2004. The history of this property reaches back much further than that though, with evidence of the first human inhabitants here more than 3000 years ago! The home was also caught in the crossfire of the Battle of Nashville in December 1864, and became a city park in 1948.
When you visit the park, start at the pedestrian entrance near 12th Ave. S/ Granny White Pike and read the historical marker, then follow the path around the house to see all 6 interpretive panels, as well as the viewing windows to the original cabins (now in the rear ell of the building) and the interpretation in the log outbuilding (formerly called the Smokehouse). You can scan the QR codes on the panels to learn more about each era of Sunnyside’s history through the Nashville Sites walking tour; some of the panels also have 3-D augmented reality (AR) models so you can picture yourself in the past.
Feel free to enter the office lobby Monday-Friday from 7:30 am-4:00 pm. Additional photos, artifacts, and brochures are available there. The rest of the house is not open to the public or available for tours. Public restrooms are available behind the house in the white building between the log outbuilding and the Carriage House café.