Charlotte Ave. and Hill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1831. Settling on the southwestern outskirts of Nashville, Brent Spence (1796-1868) and Elizabeth Shute Spence (1799-?)(m.1824) built Casa Loma in 1831 on the crest of the hill south of the Cumberland River - just west of the present-day Richland Hills Apartments. Elizabeth’s father, John Shute, gave the couple about 300 acres. Elizabeth’s sister was Susannah Shute Harding of Belle Meade Plantation. Casa Loma was built in Greek