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Claiborne Mansion/ Tennessee School for the Blind
Current 108 Hermitage Ave. (former Fillmore St.) Nashville, TN Circa 1866. 4-story mansion The Claiborne Mansion was built on a hill...
Jay Brothers
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Dr. L. A. Bowman Home: Nashville's African-American Rockefeller
Near 317 Eighth Ave. South Nashville, TN Cirac 1850s Just west of the Korean Veterans Memorial terminus and 8th Ave. South roundabout and...
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Robert Fulton Boyd Home: Important Doctor and Financier
417 Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1900. Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912) purchased a large 3 story home on Cedar St....
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Rev. Preston Taylor Home
449 North Cherry St. (Fourth Ave. North) Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story home From 1906 until his death, Rev. Dr. Preston Taylor...
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Henry Harding's Edgehill home
1434 14th Ave. South Nashville, TN (Edgehill area) Circa 1910. (James) Henry Harding (1825-1888) purchased a home in the Edgehill area...
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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William Edmonson: First African-American show at Met Mus. of Art
1434 14th Ave. South (Edgehill area) Nashville, TN Circa 1935. \William Edmondson House was inhabited by the late blooming artist/...
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Sherrod Bryant Farm/ Bryant's Grove
Bryant Grove area - West side of current Percy Priest Lake Nashville, TN Circa 1810. The Sherrod Bryant Home was on the Bryant Plantation...
Jay Brothers
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Sampson Wesley Keeble home: Trailblazing Politician and Businessman
Broadway & 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1870s. A marker by the Tennessee Historical commission recognizes Keeble's home on Broadway...
Jay Brothers
Feb 26, 20241 min read
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Belle Meade Plantation: Iroquois and Belle Meade
Off Harding Rd. on Leake Ave. (Belle Meade) Nashville, TN Circa orig. 1819/ renovated 1832. 2-story Federal style mansion Belle Meade was...
Jay Brothers
Feb 9, 20246 min read
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John M. Gray Home (Wilmor Wedding Gift)/ Westminster Pres. Church
3900 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story Georgian Colonial mansion In 1906, Col. B. F. and Sallie M. Wilson gave daughter...
Jay Brothers
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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Tennessee Preparatory School: A Fine Legacy of E.W. & Anna Russell Cole
In 1873, a cholera epidemic hit Tennessee which killed many adults and left behind numerous orphaned children. Judge John C. Ferris made...
Jay Brothers
Dec 14, 20231 min read
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Glen Leven Farm: A Thompson Family home
4000 Franklin Pike Nashville, TN 1790 Blockhouse/ Circa 1857. 2-story Federal style home Photo by Mark Mosrie The property was settled in...
Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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Craighead House: Another Connection to Earliest Nashville on the West side
Current 3710 Westbrook Ave. (just off West End Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1809. 2-story brick Federal style. Jonathan Friar Robertson...
Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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Sylvan Hall/ Sugar Tree Grove/ William D. Philips Home
Dickerson Pike (originally Dickerson Meeting House Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1791/ rebuilt 1804 or 1808. Wood cabin/ then 3-story Greek...
Jay Brothers
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House/ Fountain Blue
908 Meridian St. Nashville, TN Circa 1840. 2-story Federal style home. The McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House was built on Meridian St in East...
Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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Hillhurst: A North Nashville landmark into the 1970s
Hillhurst Dr. (between I-65 and Dickerson Pike) Nashville, TN Circa 1851. Large 2-story Greek Revival style Image from Beautiful Homes &...
Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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Wilmor Manor: Where the Streetcar line ended - Wilson Switch
Wilson BL at Harding Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1905. 3-story Modern Colonial style Wilmor Manor was built in 1905 for Col. Benjamin...
Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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Ridgefield: Overlooked Belle Meade Theatre
Off Harding Rd. near Woodlawn Dr. Nashville, TN Circa UNK. 2- story brick and stone home Ridgefield was likely built by John Tannehill...
Jay Brothers
Jan 26, 20233 min read
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Devon Farm/ Harpeth/ Oak Hill/ now Ensworth High School
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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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Cheekwood: Coffee and Arts are Good!
Cheekwood, built by Leslie Cheek, Sr. (1875-1935) & Mabel Wood Cheek (1874-1946) in 1932, is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive off Page...
Jay Brothers
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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