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Brook Hill: Heckuva History-Warner, Owen, Eskind
The 2 story brick French Regency home stands at 104 Lynwood Blvd with large acreage at the corner of Lynwood and Harding Rd. Image from...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Graymont: One of Two Homes at the top of Green Hills
Near 2025 Woodmont BL Nashville, TN Circa mid-1920s. 2- story Colonial home Overlooking a valley down the new Woodmont Estates and the village of Green Hills, Dr. Horace C. Gayden (1896-1975) and Helen Lenore Roberts Gayden (1903-1963) erected their new home. It was located on 3 acres on the hill across from Gray Walls at Hillsboro Rd. and Woodmont Blvd - across from the present-day Woodmont Christian Church. In 1921, Dr. Gayden was a physician for the Tennessee Industrial S
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Lone Oak
Photo from Redfin 4306 Lone Oak Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1925. English country manor home in stone William L. “Will” Horn moved southwest to the emerging Green Hills. He had lived in East Nashville on Russell St. (Horn House/ Williams House) Will was a real estate developer of country clubs. It remains in Belmont Park Place. The name comes from a lone giant bur oak tree at the corner of Lone Oak Rd. and Castleman Dr. The Horn estate stretched from Lone Oak to Belmont Park Terr
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


J. B. Daniel Home/ Women's Club of Nashville: Daniel's 2nd Residence
Photo by Nyttend The J. B. Daniel Home/ Women’s Club of Nashville was built in 1927-1929 by Judge (John) Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963)...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Sherwood Forest
Pennington Bend in Madison Nashville, TN Circa 1928. Norman-style stone home Sherwood Forest was built on the bank of the Cumberland River in Madison near the top of Pennington Bend by Newman L. Cheek (1896-1979) and Sarah Richardson Johnson Cheek (?-1971). The home was a Norman-style stone home with a slate roof and turret. Behind the house was Cheek Lake and gardens until reaching the riverfront. Cheek was the youngest son of Joel Cheek, Sr., founder of Maxwell House Coffee
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Beauvoir: Post Overton Hall
Sarah Gladys “Saidee” Cheney Williams Overton (1872-1963) built Beauvoir about 1930. It is my impression that Beauvoir was located in the hills off Tyne BL near Tyne Valley Rd and near Maxwell Ct. She was the widow of Jesse M. Overton. The year of 1922 was terrible for the Overton family: Father Jesse was killed in an auto crash and their son, John Williams Overton, was killed in action in World War I. Then later, about 1943, their daughter was killed in a car crash on her ho
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Stone Hall: Generations in Donelson
Photo by Skye Marthaler Stone Hall, built for Dempsey W. Cantrell (1880-1965) and Nora Johnson Cantrell (1882-1959) in 1918, is located...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Boxwood (Davidson Co.): The Fleming Place
810 Jackson BL Nashville, TN Circa 1917. 3-story Georgian style mansion Boxwood sits at the corner of Jackson Blvd and Harding Place and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Hillcrest: Businessmen & Doctors (Davidson Co.)
Hillcrest was built in 1916 for I.C. Pendleton. Photo from Tom Brothers This immense 3 story brick mansion and estate is located at 320...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read


Greystones: Home of the Guitar-shaped Pool
801 Curtiswood Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1916. (James) Granberry Jackson, Sr.(1873-1940) and Margaret Lytton Early Jackson (1874-1938)...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Westwood (Woodmont Blvd.): A Cheek family house
Formerly 1700 Woodmont BL Nashville, TN Circa 1915. Yellow brick Classic Revival style home Following a trend to move to the fashionable...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Glenstrae: Battle of Nashville Fighting and Faulkner's Fancy
Near Glenwood Ave. Nashville, TN Circa early 1800s The oldest part of the house incorporated Nolen’s Station blockhouse which had been...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Deerfield: The Branfords move West
206 Clarendon Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story French style home in stucco Deerfield was built by Johnson and Annie Dudley Bransford (formerly of Edgewood) in 1915 in Belle Meade. They built a 2 story home in stucco on 20 acres. He had moved the family to Belle Meade to help develop the Belle Meade Plantation land and because the west side of the city was growing. They named the home Deerfield for the area of the plantation they built. In 1947, the Bransfords were involved
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Woodmont: Home of the Concrete Blvd. and the Opening of Southern Nashville
Hillsboro Rd & Woodmont BL Nashville, TN Circa 1910. Gustavus Adolphus (G. A.) Puryear (1885-1939) and wife Cornelia Libby Puryear (1890-1965) constructed Woodmont as a country home to escape the smoggy Nashville. Puryear was a Nashville banker and the son of William and Mary Ann Puryear of C. Sneed House/ Windy Hill Farm. The Puryear family owned a farm and much land between Hillsboro Rd. and Harding Pike Because a bear was seen nearby, when a street was created in Woodmonst
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Bonnie Brae/ Sharon Hill
2601 Hillsboro Pike (near Woodlawn Dr.) Nashville, TN Circa 1914. 2 story brick with wings The land had been part of the Thompson’s...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Washington Hall (Davidson Co.): 2nd JBT Daniel Home
3700 Whitland Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 3-story home Judge John Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963) and Theresa Pendleton Daniel (1867-1913) constructed their home at 3700 Whitland Ave. in 1913. It was inspired in part by Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and by Lord Chiswick's mansion in London. Within 6 months of moving in, Theresa died. Previously, they had lived in a large 2 story stone townhome at 2015 West End Ave. Evidently, the Daniel family was displeased by the noise
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Lynmeade: Overlooking Harding Rd. and St. George's Church
105 Lynwood Blvd Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story 17th century French Chateau style home Lynmeade stands on the rise on the northern...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 min read


Treetops: Outskirts of Belle Meade
Former 4560 Harding Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1912. 2-story brick Georgian style home Treetops was constructed by George Augustus Schwab...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20231 min read


Red Gables/ Ensworth School
Originally on Woodlawn/ current address 211 Ensworth Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1908. 2-story English Tudor style with red sandstone Red...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 min read


Gilbert Mansion/ Lindsey House/ Riley& Jacobson PLC
1906 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1908. Beautiful 3-story stone building in American Foursquare style Photo by Andrew Jameson It was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read

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