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

Cedar Hill was built by George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) and Harriet Stoddert Campbell (1788-1848) in 1843. Harriet was the...

Fifth Ave. North Nashville, TN Circa 1862. 2-story red brick Federal style George Henry Ratterman (1824-1898) came to Nashville from...

Springside was built on former Lockeland property in the 1840s by Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814-1885) and Eliza Trimble Lindsley...

9th Ave. S. (present 167 Rosa Parks BL) Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. 3-story red brick Italianate townhouse Photo by Andrew Jameson The...

2900 Greenwood Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. Pontotoc along with Wyatt Hall had consistent Methodist Church ownership and ties. The first owner was Dr. Albert Henry (A.H.) Redford (1818-1884). Dr. Redford was a Methodist minister and chronicler of Methodist Church history. It was bought by Joseph Horton Fall (1848-1925) and Margaret Evans Fall (1851-1911) by the late 1870s. They married in 1873. He owned a prosperous hardware business. The Fall family had moved by 1885 to Sevent

Franklin PK and South Douglas Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1840 Belle Vue (View), built in 1840 by Robert Woods, was located at the...

Near 5101 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1846. (William) Byrd Douglas (1815-1882) grew up on his family estate, Farmwell, in Virginia. He met and married Martha Rebecca (Beverly) Bright (1819-1848) in Virginia in 1839. Nine years after their marriage, in 1848, they moved to Middle Tennessee and into their Richland Grove home with 375 acres near 5101 Charlotte Ave. It had been built two years earlier in 1846. Their land was primarily on the southern side of Charlotte Ave.

Photo by Cleveland Hall HOA Cleveland Hall has remained in the Donelson family from the start. The mansion has been part of the Donelson/...

2615 Franklin Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1836. The Barrow’s Melrose Mansion overlooked the southern end of what became the Melrose area of Franklin Rd. At the site today stands the Melrose Kroger and assorted small businesses. The Barrow’s estate stretched across the south Nashville countryside. Melrose was built in 1836 across from G. W. Cooper’s Mount Alban. Alexander Barrow (1808-1846), Nashville lawyer, U.S. Senator and planter from Louisiana, was the first owner with his se

4200 Delaware Ave. Nashville, TN Circa by 1835. 2-story Italianate home Dr. Peyton Henderson Robertson (1787-1840) married Ellen Mordant...

Current address 3831 Whites Creek Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1835.2-story weatherboard house James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827. They had married in 1823. In 1834, they got 89 acres more. In 1842, he was elected magistrate of the Twenty-first District and served 2 terms. In a decade, by 1845, Whites Creek Turnpike was constructed. In 1860, the family had 330 acres. By James’ death, he left $50,000 to hi

Present day 5050 Hillsboro Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1811. 2-story Colonial style home Photo from Nashville Public Library, Special...

Looking from their new home, the Becks had a “buena vista,” a good view in Spanish. They could look north over the fertile bottomlands...

Photo: Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Lockeland Mansion, built in 1810 by Col. Robert L. Weakley (1764-1845) and Jane...

Westwood was built in 1804 by Thomas Deaderick. The mansion was off the Franklin Turnpike (Franklin Rd.) near the southern end of the Melrose community on 240 acres. Thomas Deaderick (1765-1831) married Julia Ann Daingerfield Deaderick (1735-1806) in 1790 in Winchester, VA and then moved to Tennessee - in 1802 to Mansker’s Station, and then shortly to Nashville. The Deaderick family was a prosperous one in Winchester, VA and migrated to Jonesborough, Knoxville and to Nashvill

William Caldwell built this home at (the current 3210) Avenal Ave near the Glencliff area from 1797-1808. It was on a 140 acre land grant. The same year it was completed, the home was sold to Congressman Dr. William Dickson (1770-1816) and Polly Gray Dickson with 391 acres. William and Polly wed in 1802. His second wife was Susannah Hickman Dickson. Dr. Dickson practiced medicine prior to congressional service. Rep. Dickson served in the Tennessee House of Representatives fro

Was 215 Craighead Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1803. Originally 2-story brick Georgian mansion Peach Blossom was built by Capt. Joseph Erwin...

Photo from BONPS Lealand was built by Judge John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) and Elizabeth B. Overton Lea (1826-1890) in 1884 at 1039 Tyne...

Somewhere on Granny White Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1885. Dunmore, was owned by Dr. Henry William Morgan (1853-1920) and Matilda “Tillie” Alloway Evans Morgan (1859-1928). They wed in 1880. Morgan was the son of dentist Dr. William Henry Morgan of Avondale. He was the first person to attend and graduate from Vanderbilt University’s medical school in 1875. He became Assistant Professor in the Dental Department in 1879 and from 1911-1918 was Dean of the department. Tillie was the