Jay BrothersJun 51 min readHightower Place/ Buck Davis PlaceOld Wilson PK south of Old Smyrna Rd. in the current Corondele subdivision. Circa 1800 Richard R. Hightower (1764-1820) and Nancy L....
Jay BrothersJan 17, 20232 min readInglehame/ Harpeth1808 Wilson Pike Brentwood, TN Circa 1858. Inglehame / Harpeth was built by James Hazard Wilson II and Emeline Wilson on the headwaters...
Jay BrothersJan 17, 20232 min readMaple Grove/ Cloverdale/ John Sloan HouseThe property was owned by the Jabez Owen Allen family for much of the nineteenth century. The 500 acre property located off Moores Lane...
Jay BrothersJan 17, 20232 min readBrentvale Farm: Ties to Meharry Medical CollegeBrentvale Farm was established originally in 1830 by William Temple Sneed (1801-1869) on Old Smyrna Road in the Brentwood area. William’s...
Jay BrothersJan 17, 20231 min readJohn Winstead House(s)/ Pleasant Hill: A Trio of Preserved HomesPhoto by Skye Marthaler In 1827, John Matthews Winstead (1807-1896) married Nancy S. Whitfield (1811-1885). The couple settled on land he...
Jay BrothersJan 14, 20233 min readWilliam Martin House/ Hayesland/ Boxwood Hall: Ties to Hayes, Barges & an ObservatoryPhoto by Skye Marthaler The William Martin House sits at 5215 Seward Rd. It is a 3 story stone home built in 1852. The original home was...
Jay BrothersNov 2, 20222 min readMountview/ Davis-RozellPhoto by rossograph Mountview / Davis-Rozell Residence was built in 1860 by William A. (Buck) Davis and Judith Robertson Owen Davis on...
Jay BrothersOct 3, 20223 min readMooreland: Still a Centerpiece in BrentwoodPhoto by Skye Marthaler Mooreland, started in 1838 but never fully completed by Robert Irwin Moore (1791-1848) and Martha Clay Moore...