cre age ▁by ▁purch asing ▁adjacent ▁land ▁formerly ▁owned ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Butler ▁and ▁smaller ▁far ms . ▁ ▁The ▁m ansion ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁W inder ' s ▁wid ow , ▁Mar tha ▁Grund y , ▁who ▁was ▁Felix ▁Grund y ' s ▁daughter , ▁shortly ▁after ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁death . ▁Const ruction ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁in ▁the ▁Greek ▁Rev ival ▁architect ural ▁style . ▁Mar tha ▁h ired ▁a ▁Louisiana ▁architect ▁named ▁Ev ens ▁and ▁told ▁him ▁to ▁model ▁the ▁m ansion ▁on ▁The ▁Herm itage , ▁Andrew ▁Jackson ' s ▁plant ation ▁home ▁in ▁Nash ville , ▁Tennessee . ▁Indeed , ▁she ▁had ▁grown ▁up ▁in ▁Nash ville . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 1 - 1 8 6 5 , ▁the ▁m ansion ▁was ▁saved ▁from ▁a ▁fire ▁by ▁Union ▁General ▁God f rey ▁We itz el . ▁However , ▁the ▁out build ings ▁burn ed ▁down . ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁fields ▁were ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁camp ing ▁ground ▁by ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁States ▁Army ▁and ▁the ▁Union ists . ▁The ▁Texas ▁R angers ▁ho isted ▁Bon nie ▁Blue ▁Flag , ▁a ▁flag ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁States ▁of ▁America , ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁house . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁the ▁plant ation ▁was ▁purchased ▁by ▁two ▁brothers , ▁R . S . ▁Wood s ▁and ▁R . C