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Lone Oak
Photo from Redfin Lone Oak was built in 1925 by Willam L. “Will” Horn was constructed of stone in English country manor style at 4306...
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
Woodmont was built in 1914 on the new Woodmont BL by Gustavus Adolphus (G. A.) Puryear (1885-1939) and wife Cornelia Libby Puryear (1890-1965). Puryear was a Nashville banker and the son of William and Mary Ann Puryear of C. Sneed House/ Windy Hill Farm. Up to about 1911, the family Puryear home and farm had been located near Hillsboro Rd. so they essentiallly moved westward toward Harding Rd. Because a bear was seen nearby, when a street was created in Woodmonst Estates, it
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.): 1st JBT Daniel Home
Judge John Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963) and Theresa Pendleton Daniel (1867-1913) constructed their home at 3700 Whitland Ave. in...
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


Montrose
Montrose in 1954. Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives Montrose is located at 3605 Woodlawn Dr. The 2 story brick home sits at...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


The Maples
At 2404 Golf Club Lane, the Oman family built the second house on the street in 1907. John Manson Oman, Jr. (1873-1949) and Elizabeth “Bessie” Bond Oman (1878-1975) also owned extensive property behind the house likely extending north and east toward the new Nashville Golf Club. The Omans moved south to Brentwood and purchased and began restoring Isola Bella/ Thurso. In 1915, Dr. Robert Boyle Bogle, Sr. (1875-1941) and his wife Clara Louise Jungerman Bogle (1879-1972) moved i
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read

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