By 1765, his son, David McGavock, acquired 640 acres of land East of the Cumberland River, though he did not live here.

[2] (Another son, Randal McGavock, who served as the mayor of Nashville from 1824 to 1825, built the Carnton plantation in Franklin, Tennessee.)

[2] Shortly before his death, James McGavock built this house, known as Fountain Blue upon its completion circa 1840.

[2] Lucinda lived here with her husband, Jeremiah George Harris, the editor of the Nashville Union newspaper and a supporter of President James K. Polk, their son Joseph, and their daughter Lucie.

[2] Harris redesigned the house circa 1844, adding Greek Revival finishes and French wallpaper.

[2][5] They redesigned the house in the Italianate architectural style circa 1870, and Meridian Street was created a year later, in 1871.