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From William Washington Seay to Watermelon Moon Farm
10575 Trousdale Ferry Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1834-1855. 2-story home vernacular I-house Photo by Brian Stansberry Built by Maj. William...
Jay Brothers
Aug 4, 20222 min read


Wall Spring/ Elliott Springs/ Bellwood
931 Red River Rd. Gallatin, TN Circa 1827 as Federal style/ 1850 remodeled Near East Station Camp Creek, Wall Spring was actually built...
Jay Brothers
Aug 4, 20222 min read


Early Outpost in South Nashville: Rains Station/ Woodycrest
Near Rains Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1784 blockhouse/ unk Woodycrest home In 1784, Capt. John Rains (1753-1834) and Christina Gowens Rains...
Jay Brothers
May 30, 20222 min read


Locust Hill/ Hays-Kiser House "North Carolina house"
834 Reeves Rd. Antioch, TN Circa 1795/1804. 2-story brick Federal home Locust Hill was built for Charles Hays (1777-1854) and Anne...
Jay Brothers
May 30, 20222 min read


McCrory-Mayfield House - on the southern order with Williamson Co.
1280 Old Hickory Blvd near the Davidson-Williamson County line Built about 1798 The McCrory-Mayfield house was built by Thomas McCrory III (1771-1818) and his wife Rachel right before the 19th century. It is a 2-story log home that was originally built on 640 acres and is one of only 4 remaining original log cabin structures dating from the 1790s era. McCrory married Rachel Shelby Leggett (1772-1830) in 1795. McCrory was an important early settler in the Nashville area and a
Jay Brothers
May 30, 20222 min read


Langley Hall
Langley Hall was built in 1903 for Eleanor Katherine “Katie” Trousdale(1866-1952) before she married William “Willie” Young Allen...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20221 min read


Grassmere/ Croft Home
Grassmere (Croft House) was built in 1810 by Col. Michael Carnes Dunn (1770-1853) and Elizabeth Rains Dunn (1781-1837) in the Federal...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20222 min read


Fairvue/ Isaac Franklin Home
Station Camp Creek Gallatin, TN Circa 1832. Image by Jack Boucher Fairvue/ Isaac Franklin plantation is located north of Gallatin on the...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20223 min read


Colemere/ Colemere #2 - Cole's retirement country estate/ New Orleans Manor/ Monell's
1400 Murfreesboro Rd., Nashville, TN Circa 1893. 2-story home in classic Colonial style Colemere was built by Col. Edward William...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20224 min read


Clover Bottom/ now Tennessee Historical Society home
2930 Lebanon Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1858. 2.5 story Italianate mansion Clover Bottom was built near the Stones River. John Donelson bought the property in 1780, but his family was run off the property by Indian attacks. Shortly after, Edward Bradley claimed the land. In 1797, he sold it to John Hoggatt who developed Clover Bottom Plantation into a 1,500 acres where his family lived for many years. John had built a home that was destroyed by fire in 1853. Five years later, in
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20222 min read


Overbrook/ St. Cecilia Acad. & Overbrook: Another Warner Home
4210 Harding Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story white brick Neoclassic revival mansion Photo by Skye Marthaler Overbrook was built in...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20222 min read


Totomoi/ Montgomery Bell Academy
4001 Harding Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1905. 2- story Greek Revival style home Totomoi was built on 35 acres on a hill overlooking Harding...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20221 min read


The Sloan's Hemlocks
4101 Harding Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1922. 2-story brick home Situated across the street from Montgomery Bell Academy, Paul Lowe Sloan (1870-1932) and Anne Mai Joy Sloan (1872-1954) bought 4 acres from MBA in 1922. They had married in 1892, and then built a 2 story brick home fronting on Harding Pike. Sloan was a co-founder of Cain-Sloan & Co. with Patrick H. Cain and John E. Cain in 1903. In 1916, Sloan, the company president, developed tuberculosis. His son, John Sloan, and
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20222 min read


Grayswood (P.M. Estes)/ Harpeth Hall School
3801 Hobbs Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1924. 2-story brick From a lovely mansion to a lovely school campus. Patrick Mann (P.M.) Estes...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20222 min read


Acklen Hall
Fairmont St. off West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa mid-1890s. 2-story red brick Victorian style Perched prominently on the crest of a...
Jay Brothers
May 19, 20223 min read

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