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Renraw: The Original Warner Home & Many Family Ties
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
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Fatherland (2)
Sevier St. Nashville, TN Circa 1855. Fatherland was built on Sevier St. in East Nashville by Dr. John Shelby (1785-1859) and wife Anna...
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Edgewood: Eastern Edge of Nashville (at the time)
719 North Twelfth St. Nashville, TN Circa 1854. 2-story grey brick home with a central cupola Photo from Tennessee State Library and...
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Belmont Mansion (Bellemonte)
Belmont BL & Acklen Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1843-53. Huge Italian villa with numerous porches 1860 Artwork by unknown artist The goal of...
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Avondale
Granny White PK Nashville, TN Circa 1852. The house was built off Granny White Pike (then called Middle Franklin Pike) by Dr. William...
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Lynwood (Linwood) and farm
Was near current Harding Rd. and Lynnwood BL. Nashville, TN Circa 1850. Large 2-story gingerbread, Gothic home Lynnwood was built about...
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Clifflawn (1850s)/ Clifflawn (1910): One Place, Two Homes, Three Prominent Families
Former Richland Pike (current 101 Harding Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1850s/ 1910. The original Cliff Lawn, located off Richland Pike (101...
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Locust Valley/ Walker's Bend/ River Grange: Arabian Horse Farm
3050 Del Rio Pike Franklin, TN Circa 1825. Locust Valley, et al was the third Perkins home constructed and was built by Col. Nicholas...
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Brentwood Hall/ Ellington Agricultural Center - Part of Rogers Caldwell's Legend
440 Hogan Rd. (off Franklin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1927. Large 2-story Greek Revival mansion modeled after The Hermitage Photo from...
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Cox House @ Harpeth Academy: One of the last Mansions built in 1800s Franklin
150 Franklin Rd. Franklin, TN Circa 1891. Large 2-story red brick home Photo by Skye Marthaler In the early 1890s, Nicholas Nichol Cox...
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John H. Hunter House/ Rivers Meet/ McCullough House - Early Leipers Fork Settler
Old Highway 96 & Carl Rd. Leipers Fork, TN Circa 1875. 2-story brick Italianate home In 1875, Col. John Henry Hunter (1828-1906) and Martha M. Bennett Hunter (1838-1923) built their home off Old Highway 96 - near what became the Leipers Fork area. Hunter married Martha 1859 and later served in the Civil War. Henry was a prominent farmer and held extensive land holdings in what became the Leiper’s Fork area. Hunter's parents were henry and Jane Wyatt B. Hutner. His sister was
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William Felix Webb House/ Parks Place
Parks Place / William Felix Webb House was built between 1864 and 1872 in College Grove off Nolensville Rd. - current address is 6548 Cox...
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Winstead House/ Abbey Leix Mansion/ Franklin Grove Estate & Gardens
Winstead House / Abbey Leix Mansion was built about 1868 on South Margin St. in Franklin. Photo by Skye Marthaler William O’Neal Perkins...
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Seward Hall (Garden Hill)
Liberty Pike Franklin, TN Circa 1854. 2-story red brick Greek Revival home. John Ewing Hill (1829-1864) and Sarah Elizabeth Buchanan Hill...
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Lotz House
1111 Columbia Ave. Franklin, TN Circa 1858. 2-story wood Greek Revival style home Lotz House was built by Johann Albert Lotz (1820-1905)...
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Inglehame/ Harpeth
1808 Wilson Pike Brentwood, TN Circa 1858. Inglehame / Harpeth was built by James Hazard Wilson II and Emeline Wilson on the headwaters...
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H.G.W. Mayberry House/ Beechwood Hall: Part of the Big 3 Plantation Homes in Williamson County
4009 Carters Creek Pike (U.S. 1) Franklin, TN Circa 1856. 2-story white brick Greek Revival with 2-story portico The H.G.W. Mayberry...
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William S. Campbell House/ Magnolia Hall
Photo by Skye Marthaler The William S. Campbell House / Magnolia Hall was built about 1840 at 600 Boyd Mill Ave. off Hwy 96 in Franklin....
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Hadleywood/ Green Pastures
Hadleywood / Green Pastures, was built in 1840 by Hwy 31A in the Little Harpeth Valley in northern Williamson County. In 1821, Denny...
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Everbright: Business and BGA ties
Everbright was built in modified Greek Revival style in 1840 on a hill overlooking Carter’s Creek Pike just south of the Franklin square...
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