Current 108 Hermitage Ave. (former Fillmore St.) Nashville, TN Circa 1866. 4-story mansion The Claiborne Mansion was built on a hill called Reservoir Hill because Nashville's reservoir was nearby. The site is now under part of the I-40/ I-24 interchange to the east of Nashville. Lt. Micajah Green Lewis Claiborne (1808-1876) had a distinguished naval career and then retired in 1849 to become a farmer. He married Lavinia Thompson Cannon Claiborne (1828-1905) in 1848. Claiborne'

Near 317 Eighth Ave. South Nashville, TN Cirac 1850s Just west of the Korean Veterans Memorial terminus and 8th Ave. South roundabout and...

417 Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1900. Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912) purchased a large 3 story home on Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) near downtown where his family resided from 1900-1903. It was reportedly the largest home purchase of an African-American in Tennessee up to that time. They had moved from N. Cherry in 1893. The site is now near St. Mary's Catholic Church and Nashville WeGo Central station. Dr. Boyd had started a teaching career in Williamson

449 North Cherry St. (Fourth Ave. North) Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story home From 1906 until his death, Rev. Dr. Preston Taylor (1849-1931) lived in a 2 story home on Fourth Ave. North where the Tennessee Department of Human Services is located today. Until 1906, Taylor and his family had lived in a 2 story brick home on their land that became Greenwood Cemetery Rev. Taylor had joined the Union Army as a drum boy and was discharged a free man. Arriving in Nashville, he ope

1434 14th Ave. South Nashville, TN (Edgehill area) Circa 1910. (James) Henry Harding (1825-1888) purchased a home in the Edgehill area south of downtown Nashville on 14th Ave. South by 1913. His brother, Orange Harding, Jr., bought the next lot, and he later sold it to Henry. Harding's two spouses were Emily S. Harding Harding (1825-1881) and Margaret Catherine Pickett Harding (1854-1906). He had purchased his freedom as a Belle Meade plantation slave. After the Civil War, he

1434 14th Ave. South (Edgehill area) Nashville, TN Circa 1935. \William Edmondson House was inhabited by the late blooming artist/ sculptor William Edmondson (1874-1951) at 1434 14th Ave. South. Edmondson lived in the Edgehill area south of downtown Nashville with his mother and sister. He worked at the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad supply shop until 1907, and then at Nashville’s Women’s Hospital until 1931. After saving money, he purchased the Edgehill home. Ed

Bryant Grove area - West side of current Percy Priest Lake Nashville, TN Circa 1810. The Sherrod Bryant Home was on the Bryant Plantation...

Broadway & 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1870s. A marker by the Tennessee Historical commission recognizes Keeble's home on Broadway and 2nd Ave. South where Sampson Wesley Keeble (1833-1887) and Harriett (?-1870) resided. After Harriett died, he married Rebecca Cantrell Gordon(?-1849) in 1875. He grew up in Murfreesboro, TN and by 1865, was living in Nashville. In 1871, he became a director of the Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association with other prom

Off Harding Rd. on Leake Ave. (Belle Meade) Nashville, TN Circa orig. 1819/ renovated 1832. 2-story Federal style mansion Belle Meade was...

3900 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story Georgian Colonial mansion In 1906, Col. B. F. and Sallie M. Wilson gave daughter...

In 1873, a cholera epidemic hit Tennessee which killed many adults and left behind numerous orphaned children. Judge John C. Ferris made it his mission criss-crossing the state to build support to help those Tennessee orphans. Edmund W. "King" Cole and Anna Russell Cole contributed some money and then donated 92 acres of land off Murfreesboro Rd. for an eductation campus. Sadly, the Cole's son, Randall, had perished in a recent railroad accident. The Coles put the money that

4000 Franklin Pike Nashville, TN 1790 Blockhouse/ Circa 1857. 2-story Federal style home Photo by Mark Mosrie The property was settled in...

Current 3710 Westbrook Ave. (just off West End Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1809. 2-story brick Federal style. Jonathan Friar Robertson (1769-1814) and Ciddy “Kitty” Davis Robertson (1772-1859) built the home just after the turn of the last century off the old Richland Turnpike. Craighead House is now one of the oldest brick homes in Nashville. They married in 1791. Robertson was a surveyor and the son of James and Charlotte Robertson. At some point, the property became incorpor

Dickerson Pike (originally Dickerson Meeting House Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1791/ rebuilt 1804 or 1808. Wood cabin/ then 3-story Greek...

908 Meridian St. Nashville, TN Circa 1840. 2-story Federal style home. The McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House was built on Meridian St in East Nashville. The 640-acre tract was originally owned by David McGavock in 1765, and he divided it in equal sections of 320 acres for two sons, John and James - who married sisters, Mary and Cynthia Kent of Virginia. Photo by Sandy Wilson James McGavock (1790-1841) and wife Mary Kent McGavock (1788-1827) built a house on his estate in 1840 - bo

Hillhurst Dr. (between I-65 and Dickerson Pike) Nashville, TN Circa 1851. Large 2-story Greek Revival style Image from Beautiful Homes &...

Wilson BL at Harding Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1905. 3-story Modern Colonial style Wilmor Manor was built in 1905 for Col. Benjamin...

Off Harding Rd. near Woodlawn Dr. Nashville, TN Circa UNK. 2- story brick and stone home Anthony “Tony” Sudekum (1879-1946) and Nettie Elizabeth Fessler Sudekum (1882-1963)(m1904) bought Lot #1 offered by the Kenner Land Company in the 1930s on Harding Rd. They subsequently built Ridgefield. His family had owned a 102 acre farm on Granny White Pike which in 1920 they sold for development. Ridgefield was just southwest of Tinsley’s Totomoi and down the street from Judge Waller

7401 Highway 100 Nashville, TN Circa 1795. 1.5 story brick farmhouse Devon Farm was built by Capt. John L. Davis (1770-1853) just off the...

Cheekwood, built by Leslie Cheek, Sr. (1875-1935) & Mabel Wood Cheek (1874-1946) in 1932, is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive off Page...