Near Granny White Pike and Lone Oak Rd. Nashville, TN Mid-1880s. 3-story Victorian home Built in the country southeast of the future Green Hills commercial area and directly south of the soon-to-be David Lipscomb College, Mistletoe Lodge was built by (William) Eugene Talbot (1873-1936) and Clara Higgins Talbot. Talbot was president of Talbot Chemical Company. They resided on their large property near the turn of the nineteenth century sited near the present Granny White Pike

The Grantland House was a large house built in the mid-1880s at 610 Woodland St. Henry Wesley Grantland (1832-1926) and Elizabeth P. “Lizzie” Edwards Grantland built the home. They wed in 1860. (Henry’s first wife was Marie F. Owens, wed 1957.) Grantland came from Alabama to Nashville in the early 1870s. Henry started H. W. Grantland Wholesale Grocer and Cotton Factory Co. in East Nashville about 1876 and later was a director of the Nashville Cotton Mills Co. Later, he became

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)....

209 South 5th St. Nashville, TN Circa 1867-70. Italianate home with 3-story tower One of shortest residences ever! Alanson G. (A.G.) Sanford, East Ivy built this iconic East Nashville home on South 5th St. and then seemingly left for Chicago and later Mexico. In 1863, he organized and was the first president of the First National Bank of Nashville which opened in 1864. Sanford was a Unionist in the Civil War and was appointed a judge on the 7th Circuit by his friend Andrew Jo

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 built in 1855 at Gallatin Rd. and McClurkan Ave. (likely 1524 Gallatin Rd.) in East Nashville by Zachariah and Virginia Daniel Stull for their granddaughter Mary Ann Stull Childress (1828-1885). She and her husband Edwin Hewitt Childress (1824-1896) married in 1853. The Stulls were one of the earliest settlers in the Nashville area and had rece

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...