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Merritt Mansion
441 Humphreys St. Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. 2-story Italianate style with original log home incorporated The original log home was renovated into a Federal style home for Sarah"Sally" Rains Merritt (1793-1861), the youngest daughter of Capt. John and Christina Rains of Rains Station. The Rains family was a very early settler of Fort Nashborough. Capt. Rains started with a 640-acre land grant and enlarged his holdings considerably. Sally married Gibson Merritt1800-1873 in 18
Jay Brothers
Apr 162 min read
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Nutwood: The 19th Amendment
3212 Freno Lane Donelson, TN Circa 1880. 2-story Victorian style home Built on crest of Todd's Knob. James Todd (1749-1815) and (Sarah) Jane "Jennie" Buchanan Todd (1760-1802)(m.1777) moved to the area in 1779. Coming from Pennsylvania, they were part of the famed Watauga Settlement and then moved onto the French Lick settlement (soon to be Nashville). Jennie's parents were Maj. John and Jennie Buchanan, also early settlers and lived at Buchanan's Station in the same area. I
Jay Brothers
Mar 172 min read
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Silverdene
931 Main St. Nashville, TN Circa 1860s. 2-story white frame neo-classical home with Grecian arches and a colonnade Silverdene (Finn//...
Jay Brothers
Oct 7, 20251 min read
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Mt. Airy (Nashville)
7554 Buffalo Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1875. Single story frame home with portico Dr. William Carter Hutton (1842-1896) and Julia "Judy" Ann Pegram Hutton (1844-1923) built their homestead well west of Nashville between Bellevue and Pegram. His parents were William C and Julia Ann Pegram Hutton. She was the granddaughter of George S. Pegram who founded the Pegram area. It is named home for prior Hutton home in Mt. Airy, NC. A son, Vernon Hutton, M.D., became a doctor as well an
Jay Brothers
Jul 25, 20252 min read
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