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Ravenwood (1, 2): DeBow to Stanford to Ravenwood CC
Lebanon Rd. Nashville, TN Built 1903. 2-story stone home/ rebuilt in 1957 Sarah Dodson inherited land from her family in the Donelson...
Jay Brothers
Aug 18, 20242 min read


Burlington (Abbott-Martin Rd.)
Originally Abbott Lane (current Abbott-Martin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1932. The Armistead family built their bucolic estate down Abbott...
Jay Brothers
Jul 18, 20241 min read


Beaumont House
College St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1860. 2-story brick home. Henry Francisco Beaumont (1800-1864) married Sarah Gibson Anderson Beaumont...
Jay Brothers
Jul 6, 20241 min read


Joseph Dunlop House (Ayreshire): Mid-2023 Demolition threatened
517 Madison St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1914. 2-story red Mediterranean-style home with terra-cotta roof From VisitClarksville.com Joseph...
Jay Brothers
Jun 23, 20242 min read


Boxwood Hall (Chickering Rd.): First Fleming Home
1317 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1939. One of the last historic homes to make the HTH list cutoff of 1939. Boxwood Hall was built...
Jay Brothers
Jun 16, 20241 min read


Currey Hill to Rose Park: A Hill of Change
1000 Edgehill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1800. Large 2-story home The spot of Nashville has seen so much change: Currey Hill to Meridian...
Jay Brothers
Jun 13, 20242 min read


Belmont: A Fairfield Offspring outside Clarksville
Portion of the Fairfield farm. Clarksville, TN Circa 1860s. William McClure Drane (1826-1909) and Amelia Washington Haddox Drane...
Jay Brothers
Jun 7, 20241 min read


Hartman-Alexander-Dee-Stroop House/ Erin-Aeol House
Former 1433 North Maple/ Lebanon Pk (current Memorial BL) Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1871-1887. 2-story Greek Revival home with a tower From...
Jay Brothers
Jun 7, 20241 min read


Mayes Place
306 West Sixth St. Columbia, TN Circa 1858. Large 2-story brick Greek Revival and Mediterrean style Names: Mayes Place aka Mayes Manor/...
Jay Brothers
Jun 7, 20242 min read


Halcyon Hall
212 West 6th St. Columbia, TN Circa 1845. Built in 1845, Joseph Alfred Walker (1810-1882) and Adaline Ann Elizabeth Nelson Walker...
Jay Brothers
Jun 6, 20241 min read


Riverview: Bye bye because of I-65
Near Murfreesboro Rd. and Hwy 96. Circa 1820 Built by John Nichols (1789-1863) and Elizabeth McCown Nichols (1799-1881). They wed in 1814. His father had a Revolutionary War grant in Edgefield in Nashville. Her parents were from Bardstown, KY. Riverview was originally on Murfreesboro Rd. After a bridge burned after the Civil War, its address changed to Lewisburg Pk. They had a farm and a grist mill on the Harpeth River - the road nearby became the Nichols Mill Rd. in early W
Jay Brothers
Jun 6, 20241 min read


Hightower Place/ Buck Davis Place
Old Wilson PK south of Old Smyrna Rd. in the current Corondele subdivision. Circa 1800 Richard R. Hightower (1764-1820) and Nancy L. Smith Hightower (1770-1849( were early settlers in the Brentwood area. He was a physican and large landowner. Their daughter Sarah Clements "Sally" Hightower married Oliver Bliss Hayes and became a member of the Hayes clan of Nashville - see Rokeby, etc. The land sat to the west of Windy Hill Farm in the original Brentwood settlement. Hightowe
Jay Brothers
Jun 5, 20241 min read


Goochland: Vandy Ties
North Jefferson Pike (no longer exists) Built in 1842. 2 story red brick Greek Revival Dr. John Claiborne Gooch (1800-1853) and Elizabeth Ann Saunders Gooch (1814-1877) wed in 1831 and settled in Davidson Co. near the Williamson Co. border. Their home was basically one mile north of the Smyna depot and one mile east of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad - close to the landing strips of the Smyrna/ Ruth. Co. Airport. They amassed about 2,155 acres across Davidson and Ruther
Jay Brothers
May 22, 20242 min read


Judge Edward East Home/ Wesdel
Couchville Pk (former Stones River Rd.) in Donelson Original portion built about 1810/ added 1880 - 2 stories with 18 rooms, wrap-around porches on both levels This property was purchased from the Maj. John Buchanan Revolutionary War grant of 1,280 acres in the Donelson area - over time, it held the Central Hospital, Nashville Municipal Airport and the nearby community. Buchanan gave his daughter, Cecilia Buchanan East (?-1870), and her husband Judge Edward Hazzard East (1792
Jay Brothers
May 9, 20242 min read


Porter House
Credit: Our Southern Living magazine 300 West 6th St., Columbia Built 1816. 2 story cedar log home Elizabeth " Lizzie" Porter Woodfolk...
Jay Brothers
May 8, 20242 min read
Buena Vista (Site later Columbia Arsenal, then Columbia ((Military)) Academy)
West 7th St. and Academy Lane in Columbia Built 1834 Dr. Williiam Junius Polk (1793-1860) married Mary Rebecca Long Polk (1797-1885) in...
Jay Brothers
May 8, 20241 min read


Queen of the Cumberland/ Chris Smith House/ Smith-Trahern
Spring and McClure Streets Clarksville, TN Circa 1856-59. 2-story red brick Greek Revival and Italianate style The Christopher H. Smith...
Jay Brothers
May 3, 20243 min read


Highland Hall: Reams Fleming Homeplace
Off Arno Rd. Williamson County, TN Circa 1840-45. Large 4-story brick mansion From lovelyfranklin.com Highland Hall was built between...
Jay Brothers
Apr 29, 20242 min read


Belle Meade: Woodmont/ White Bridge Rd Aerial 1960s
Mae Ambrose kindly alerted me to this Metro Nashville Archive photo from what should be 1963-ish. What do you see/ Not see? No office...
Jay Brothers
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Yalewood: Cosy Neighbors and Martha White Flour
1416 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1922. 2-story neo-classical mansion. About 1922, Mamie Craig Howell (1891-1981) and Joseph Toy...
Jay Brothers
Apr 19, 20242 min read

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