Centennial BL/ Charlotte Ave. area Nashville, TN Circa 1800. Large 2-story Colonial home The home was built on a 2,400 acre portion of...

Original site: Hillsboro Turnpike and Jackson St.(current 21st Ave. South and Edgehill)/ relocated to current Bowling Ave. Circa 1879....

Built on Thompson Lane in 1877, Brightwood was owned by Joseph “Joe” Hamilton Thompson (?-1917) and Ella Vaughn Thompson (1854-1896)....

Built in 1867 for Alanson G. (A.G.) Sanford, East Ivy stands at 209 South 5th Street. Sanford owned the Italianate style home with a 3 story tower from 1867-1870 until he departed for Chicago. In 1863, he organized and was the first president of the First National Bank of Nashville which opened in 1864. Sandford was a Unionist in the Civil War and was appointed a judge on the 7th Circuit by his friend Andrew Johnson until 1866. Sanford sold the property to Henry Cooper and mo

This property had one of the most varied uses of any historic homes. Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives Fairfield was owned...

631 Woodland St. Nashville, TN Circa 1860. 2-story brick Victorian style Photo by Andrew Jameson In 1860, the house later known as Miles...

233 Sixth Ave. North (former High St.) Nashville, TN Circa 1858. Renaissance Revival style with 2 stories. Image from Nashville Public...

Whites Creek Pike Nashville, TN (near current intersection with Briley Parkway) Circa 1857. 2-story Italianate style brick mansion In 1857, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Alexander Little Page (A.L.P.) Green (1806-1874) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Elliston Green (1817-1881) purchased 300 acres on Whites Creek Pike (a historical marker is at 4015 Whites Creek Pike). They had lived in the Nashville area, and now built a large brick mansion which was named Greenland on the land which was 5 miles n

It was a wedding gift from William to Corinne. Hillside, owned by William “Will” Luther Bigelow Lawrence (1828-1902) and Corinne Hayes Lawrence (1836-1914), was built in 1856. It was located on the Middle Franklin Turnpike (present day 12th Avenue South / Granny White Pike further south) and south of Caldwell Ave. The house likely stood where the current Hillside Apartments stand today. The farm stretched roughly from Acklen Ave. to the north, 12th Ave. South on the east, Ash

Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives Likely 1524 Gallatin Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1855. 3-story wood frame home Renraw was...

Sevier St. Nashville, TN Circa 1855. Fatherland was built on Sevier St. in East Nashville by Dr. John Shelby (1785-1859) and wife Anna...

719 North Twelfth St. Nashville, TN Circa 1854. 2-story grey brick home with a central cupola Photo from Tennessee State Library and...

Belmont BL & Acklen Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1843-53. Huge Italian villa with numerous porches 1860 Artwork by unknown artist The goal of...

Granny White PK Nashville, TN Circa 1852. The house was built off Granny White Pike (then called Middle Franklin Pike) by Dr. William...

Was near current Harding Rd. and Lynnwood BL. Nashville, TN Circa 1850. Large 2-story gingerbread, Gothic home Lynnwood was built about...

Former Richland Pike (current 101 Harding Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1850s/ 1910. The original Cliff Lawn, located off Richland Pike (101...

Idlewild was located at 809 Main Street in Edgefield (near the current intersection of Main St. and Neill Ave.) across the river from downtown Nashville. Built about 1848, it was the home of Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886) and Mary Ann Trimble Brown (1818-1895). Mary Ann was the daughter of Judge Trimble. In the late 1840s, the area was home to just a few large estates including Dr. John Shelby’s Shelby Hall and Robert Weakley’s Lockeland. The area was primarily fields east of

Photo by Shelly Hamby Murfreesboro Rd. near Briley Pkwy (near current Dunailie Dr.) Nashville, TN Circa 1848. Dun Ailie was built by...

Near Charlotte and Clifton Aves. Nashville, TN Circa pre-1845. 2 story, 13-room brick The home had been built earlier by Samuel Watkins (1794-1880). Watkins was a businessman and in his will made a bequest of money and land to found Watkins Institute. Washington Bogart Cooper (1802-1888) and Ann Litton Cooper (1806-1892) purchased the home and land from Nathaniel A. McNairy in 1845 which sat near the current Charlotte and Clifton Aves (current 507 20th Ave. North). The Coope

3021 Lealand Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1843. 2-story white clapboard home in Greek Revival style Photo by Www.78 Sunnyside/ Lee Monte/...