It was a wedding gift from William to Corinne. Hillside, owned by William “Will” Luther Bigelow Lawrence (1828-1902) and Corinne Hayes Lawrence (1836-1914), was built in 1856. It was located on the Middle Franklin Turnpike (present day 12th Avenue South / Granny White Pike further south) and south of Caldwell Ave. The house likely stood where the current Hillside Apartments stand today. The farm stretched roughly from Acklen Ave. to the north, 12th Ave. South on the east, Ash

719 North Twelfth St. Nashville, TN Circa 1854. 2-story grey brick home with a central cupola Photo from Tennessee State Library and...

Cedar Hill was built by George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) and Harriet Stoddert Campbell (1788-1848) in 1843. Harriet was the...

4200 Delaware Ave. Nashville, TN Circa by 1835. 2-story Italianate home Dr. Peyton Henderson Robertson (1787-1840) married Ellen Mordant...

Current address 3831 Whites Creek Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1835.2-story weatherboard house James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827. They had married in 1823. In 1834, they got 89 acres more. In 1842, he was elected magistrate of the Twenty-first District and served 2 terms. In a decade, by 1845, Whites Creek Turnpike was constructed. In 1860, the family had 330 acres. By James’ death, he left $50,000 to hi

Was 215 Craighead Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1803. Originally 2-story brick Georgian mansion Peach Blossom was built by Capt. Joseph Erwin...

Somewhere on Granny White Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1885. Dunmore, was owned by Dr. Henry William Morgan (1853-1920) and Matilda “Tillie” Alloway Evans Morgan (1859-1928). They wed in 1880. Morgan was the son of dentist Dr. William Henry Morgan of Avondale. He was the first person to attend and graduate from Vanderbilt University’s medical school in 1875. He became Assistant Professor in the Dental Department in 1879 and from 1911-1918 was Dean of the department. Tillie was the

Charlotte Ave. and Hill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1831. Settling on the southwestern outskirts of Nashville, Brent Spence (1796-1868) and Elizabeth Shute Spence (1799-?)(m.1824) built Casa Loma in 1831 on the crest of the hill south of the Cumberland River - just west of the present-day Richland Hills Apartments. Elizabeth’s father, John Shute, gave the couple about 300 acres. Elizabeth’s sister was Susannah Shute Harding of Belle Meade Plantation. Casa Loma was built in Greek

Was near current 2300 Eighth Ave. South (old Middle Franklin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1830s. 2-story Greek Revival style mansion Woodstock (2) was built in the 1830s by brothers, Joseph Woods (1779-1859) and Robert Woods. It was located near Middle Franklin Rd. (now near 2300 8th Ave. South at the intersection of Cathey and White Aves.). It was a 2 story Greek Revival mansion with several porticos and stretched out about 3,500 acres between Franklin and Nolensville Pikes. Jos

Boscobel was located in East Nashville on Sevier St. near South Seventh on a corner of the Shelby estate. Photo from Nashville blogspot...

Fatherland St. bordered by Russell, Main, and South Third Sts. Nashville, TN Circa early 1820s. Shelby Hall hosted one of the most storied Nashville families in Nashville history. Dr. John and Anna Maria Shelby were important pioneers in early Nashville. Dr. John Shelby (1785-1859) and wife Anna Maria Green Minick Shelby (1793-1873) built Shelby Hall (soon renamed Fatherland) in East Nashville. His parents, David and Sarah Bledsoe Shelby, were one of the first settlers in wha

Glen Echo, built about 1794 by Rev. Thomas Brown Craighead (1750-1824), was located on Gallatin Rd. (between present K-Mart and Briley...

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

Wildings was built in the early 1920s at 1925 East Greenwood Ave. (Eastland Ave. was originally Vaughn Pike.) Photo from Beautiful Homes...

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

Robincroft / Timothy Demonbreun House built in 1906 was owned by Thomas M. Robinson and Annie Robinson. Photo by Nyttend He was a...

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...

Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives River View was built in 1855 near the present Riverside Dr. and Eastland Ave. for Hiram...

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....

Thomas Seawell King (1786-1851) received a 640-acre land grant for military service to the young United States of America. The lands were...