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Robert L. Caruthers House(Oldest Brick Home in Lebanon)/ Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home
The Caruthers House sits at 241 West Main St. in Lebanon. The oldest brick residence in Lebanon, it was built in 1828 in Federal style in...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20232 min read
Cloydland Farm - Oldest in Wilson County
In 1780, Capt. John Cloyd, Jr. (1740-1795) and John Williamson accompanied James Roberton’s expedition to Middle Tennessee. They had...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20232 min read


Tammany Woods/ Riverwood: Famous East Nashville home
1833 Welcome Lane, Nashville, TN Built starting about 1795 in stages. 2-story Federal style The mansion known as Tammany Woods and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20234 min read


Glen Oak: The start of Hillsboro Village
The land that became part of Hillsboro Village. Photo by nyttend Glen Oak was built in 1854 for Rev. Charles Tomes (1815-1857) and his...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20233 min read


Glen Echo at Spring Hill Farm
Glen Echo, built about 1794 by Rev. Thomas Brown Craighead (1750-1824), was located on Gallatin Rd. (between present K-Mart and Briley...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20232 min read


Evergreen Place: Preacher to Country Music
Formerly at 5007 Gallatin Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1785. 2-story frame home with 2-level front portico Evergreen Place was built in 1785/86...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20232 min read
It it Gone: The House of Mayors/ Collier-Lane-Crichlow
See Collier-Lane-Crichlow update blog: The historic home was demolished as it was in great disrepair. It has been vacant since 2018 with...
Jay Brothers
Jan 6, 20231 min read


Sylvan Park - Escaping the Nashville city
Near 4500 Nebraska Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1904. Gave name to the iconic Sylvan Park community on the west side Sylvan Park is located in the Sylvan Park area and was built by James A. Bowling (1854-1923) and Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Byron Bowling (18587-1935). It was likely on some acreage near Nebraska and 46th Ave. North. Because of pollution and congestion in downtown Nashville, many people began taking day escapes to the area outside Nashville between West End and Charl
Jay Brothers
Jan 2, 20232 min read


Ashwood Hall: Keeping it in the family
Ashwood Hall was built in Columbia between 1833-1837 for Bishop Leonidas Polk (1806-1864) and Frances “Fanny” Ann Devereux Polk. Photo...
Jay Brothers
Dec 28, 20222 min read


Grey Walls: Early Green Hills Family
3414 Hillsboro PK Nashville, TN Circa 1924. 2-story English-style home Thomas Howard (T.H.) Estes (1880-1966) and Sarah Willis Newsom Estes (1875-1962) moved from East Nashville in 1924 to the country south of Nashville. The home looked over the fields and farmland of the Puryear and Hampton families across the valley along what in a few years would become the Concrete Blvd/ Woodmont Blvd. They built their home on 4 acres on the hill at the southeast corner of Hillsboro Rd. a
Jay Brothers
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Wildings: Beginnings of Cheekwood Gardens
Wildings was built in the early 1920s at 1925 East Greenwood Ave. (Eastland Ave. was originally Vaughn Pike.) Photo from Beautiful Homes...
Jay Brothers
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Bonaventure: Offshoot of Honeywood Farm
Corner of Harding Rd. and Belle Meade BL Nashville, TN Circa 1911. Large red brick home Charles Clay Trabue (1872-1942) and Julia Malone Trabue (1874-1976) built Bonaventure on 15 acres facing Harding Pike that had been part of the Honeywood estate of Julia’s parents, Thomas and Ellen Malone. A farm road along the back of the property became the main entrance to Belle Meade Blvd in 1913 and was a second entrance to the farm. The home shared a southern border with Johnson Bran
Jay Brothers
Dec 14, 20222 min read


Robincroft/ Timothy Demonbreun Home
Robincroft / Timothy Demonbreun House built in 1906 was owned by Thomas M. Robinson and Annie Robinson. Photo by Nyttend He was a...
Jay Brothers
Dec 12, 20221 min read


Idlewild/ Robert Chadwell House
Photo by rossograph Built at 712 Neely’s Bend Rd, it was constructed in Italian Villa style as a 2 story frame house with 11 rooms....
Jay Brothers
Dec 10, 20222 min read


Elmwood (Elm Hill) (Davidson Co.)
Elmwood was built in 1860 near Franklin Pike by William Wells (W.W.) Berry (1812-1878) and Jane Eliza White Berry (1820-1905). Photo from...
Jay Brothers
Dec 9, 20223 min read


(River View)/ Fortland at Fortland Farms
Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives River View was built in 1855 near the present Riverside Dr. and Eastland Ave. for Hiram...
Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20223 min read


Buddeke-Byrne House
The first mansion in what soon became Germantown west of the capitol, the Buddeke-Byrne House stood at the corner of Vine and Monroe Sts....
Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20222 min read


Kingsley: Connections to Many Families and one of the Few Fences after the Civil War
Thomas Seawell King (1786-1851) received a 640-acre land grant for military service to the young United States of America. The lands were...
Jay Brothers
Dec 6, 20222 min read


McGavock-Hayes Place/ Midway/ Brentwood Country Club
This home is connected with the most storied families of Middle Tennessee - McGavocks, Hardings, Crocketts, Hayes! Image from Brentwood...
Jay Brothers
Dec 5, 20222 min read


Thomas Holt House & Wildwood at Holtland
9305 Crockett Rd. Brentwood, TN Circa 1840. 2-story red brick Greek Revival style. The Holt House/ Holtland/ Wildwood was built in 1840...
Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20223 min read

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