Current 3710 Westbrook Ave. (just off West End Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1809. 2-story brick Federal style. Jonathan Friar Robertson (1769-1814) and Ciddy “Kitty” Davis Robertson (1772-1859) built the home just after the turn of the last century off the old Richland Turnpike. Craighead House is now one of the oldest brick homes in Nashville. They married in 1791. Robertson was a surveyor and the son of James and Charlotte Robertson. At some point, the property became incorpor

Looking from their new home, the Becks had a “buena vista,” a good view in Spanish. They could look north over the fertile bottomlands...