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Howell House: A Legal Tradition
1230 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1870. 3- story Italianate style home Judge Morton Boyte Howell (1834-1909) and Isabella Elliott...
Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20242 min read


Sharp-Crabb Home: One of first in Hillsboro Village
1701 18th Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1911. 2-story Dutch Colonial Revival style with stepped gable ends Robert Sharp (1851-1920) and...
Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20241 min read


GranDale Manor: Good story of Preservation and Repurpose
Original 2234 Murfreesboro Rd. / current 200 Nashboro Bl Nashville TN Circa 1830 / rebuilt in 1859/ expanded in 1880. 2-story frame home...
Jay Brothers
Nov 15, 20242 min read


Wesley Wheless Mansion: Part of Early Edgefield community
East of Edgefield along Cumberland River Nashville, TN Circa 1857. 2- story Gothic Revival Villa style mansion Image of Wheless' Gothic...
Jay Brothers
Nov 14, 20242 min read


Thomas Talbot Farmhouse: One of Mid TN's Earliest
Was near Dickerson PK and East Trinity Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1791. 2-story home From Sara Bratcher. Her great-aunt Elizabeth Kaufman...
Jay Brothers
Nov 13, 20242 min read


Robert Donnell Stanford, Sr.: Developer of Donelson
Donelson, TN (aka Spring Place, Slip-Up and McWhirtersville, per Leona Taylor Aiken) Robert Donnell (R.D.) Stanford, Sr. (1889-1944) was an important force in the development of Donelson - northeast of Nashville, TN. 1919 Claver Bottom early 1920s Stanford House 1921 Belair 1947 Ravenwood The Stanford family was from Trousdale County. After graduation, in 1907, he moved with his brother, A. F. Stanford and parents, to Oklahoma City, OK. They founded Stanford Furniture Co., wh
Jay Brothers
Oct 31, 20242 min read


Norwood/ Father Ryan High School
780 Norwood Dr. Nashville, TN Circa 1939/40 The home was part of the Thompson estate from Glen Leven and just made the timeline for...
Jay Brothers
Oct 31, 20241 min read


James V. Blevins Home: The Popcorn King
5350 Hillsboro Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1935. 2-story Neo-Classic James Victor Blevins (1912-1999) and Patty Hester Blevins (1912-2008)...
Jay Brothers
Oct 27, 20241 min read


Schnell Mansion: The SNUB
1111 16th Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1912. Large 2-story stone home. Jacob Powell Schnell (1841-1910) was a grocer in the Germantown...
Jay Brothers
Sep 26, 20241 min read


Boyd House: Saved on Fisk Campus
1603 Meharry BL Nashville, TN Circa 1915-20. 2-story red brick with Doric columns Located on the Fisk Univ. campus, the Boyd House has...
Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20242 min read


General Stuff: Winn's Inn, Harding Pike paved, Hwy 100 Reroute
Early tavern: Maj. Wm T. Lewis (Fairfield) owned an early "hostelry" in 1796. It was just NE of Nashville's Public Square. By 1806, it...
Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20241 min read


Fairview 1 & 2 (in Green Hills)
3901 Hillsboro Rd. (Corner of Abbott Martin Rd) Nashville, TN About 1913. Large 2 story wood plantation home. Fairvew (Green Hills circa...
Jay Brothers
Aug 22, 20241 min read


Ravenwood (1, 2): DeBow to Stanford to Ravenwood CC
Lebanon Rd. Nashville, TN Built 1903. 2-story stone home/ rebuilt in 1957 Sarah Dodson inherited land from her family in the Donelson...
Jay Brothers
Aug 18, 20242 min read


Burlington (Abbott-Martin Rd.)
Originally Abbott Lane (current Abbott-Martin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1932. The Armistead family built their bucolic estate down Abbott...
Jay Brothers
Jul 18, 20241 min read


Boxwood Hall (Chickering Rd.): First Fleming Home
1317 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1939. One of the last historic homes to make the HTH list cutoff of 1939. Boxwood Hall was built...
Jay Brothers
Jun 16, 20241 min read


Currey Hill to Rose Park: A Hill of Change
1000 Edgehill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1800. Large 2-story home The spot of Nashville has seen so much change: Currey Hill to Meridian...
Jay Brothers
Jun 13, 20242 min read


Goochland: Vandy Ties
North Jefferson Pike (no longer exists) Built in 1842. 2 story red brick Greek Revival Dr. John Claiborne Gooch (1800-1853) and Elizabeth Ann Saunders Gooch (1814-1877) wed in 1831 and settled in Davidson Co. near the Williamson Co. border. Their home was basically one mile north of the Smyna depot and one mile east of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad - close to the landing strips of the Smyrna/ Ruth. Co. Airport. They amassed about 2,155 acres across Davidson and Ruther
Jay Brothers
May 22, 20242 min read


Judge Edward East Home/ Wesdel
Couchville Pk (former Stones River Rd.) in Donelson Circa 1810 Original portion/ added 1880 - 2 stories with 18 rooms, wrap-around porches on both levels This property was purchased from the Maj. John Buchanan Revolutionary War grant of 1,280 acres in the Donelson area - over time, it held the Central Hospital, Nashville Municipal Airport and the nearby community. Buchanan gave his daughter, Cecilia Buchanan East (?-1870), and her husband Judge Edward Hazzard East (1792-1872)
Jay Brothers
May 9, 20242 min read


Belle Meade: Woodmont/ White Bridge Rd Aerial 1960s
Mae Ambrose kindly alerted me to this Metro Nashville Archive photo from what should be 1963-ish. What do you see/ Not see? No office...
Jay Brothers
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Yalewood: Cosy Neighbors and Martha White Flour
1416 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1922. 2-story neo-classical mansion. About 1922, Mamie Craig Howell (1891-1981) and Joseph Toy...
Jay Brothers
Apr 19, 20242 min read

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