Description

The site of the spring used to be owned by Anne Roberston Cockrill, the first woman to received a land grant in the Tennessee area. Cockrill Spring was home to a large Bur Oak that measured over 72 inches in diameter and served as the end of Natchez Trace Parkway. The tree was damaged during a storm in 1966, and another oak was planted in its memory in 1971. This oak was nominated as a Heritage Tree by Kevin S. Key of the Metro Tree Advisory Committee. As of 2014, Cockrill Spring is a functioning natural spring that was restored by Metro Parks, the Parthenon, and Centennial Park Conservancy.

Title Cockrill Spring

Creator Nashville Historical Foundation

Author Abby Hikade, Nashville Sites intern; 2025

Date Revolutionary Times, 1971

Address 2500 West End Ave Nashville, TN 37203

Type Landscape

Coverage Area 3

Source Anne Robertson Cockrill, property owner

Contributor John Cockrill; Metro Parks; Centennial Park Conservancy

Subject Early Settlement; New Nashville; Agriculture

Keywords Natchez Trace, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary Period, Tennessee Centennial Exposition

Rights CC BY-NC 4.0