417 Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1900. Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912) purchased a large 3 story home on Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) near downtown where his family resided from 1900-1903. It was reportedly the largest home purchase of an African-American in Tennessee up to that time. They had moved from N. Cherry in 1893. The site is now near St. Mary's Catholic Church and Nashville WeGo Central station. Dr. Boyd had started a teaching career in Williamson