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Marymount on the Cumberland: A Bishop's Retreat
Photo from George Zepp The mansion was built in 1895 by Julius Zwicker, a Nashville architect. He designed the Silver Dollar Saloon in...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Henry W. Grantland House
The Grantland House was a large house built in the mid-1880s at 610 Woodland St. Henry Wesley Grantland (1832-1926) and Elizabeth P. “Lizzie” Edwards Grantland built the home. They wed in 1860. (Henry’s first wife was Marie F. Owens, wed 1957.) Grantland came from Alabama to Nashville in the early 1870s. Henry started H. W. Grantland Wholesale Grocer and Cotton Factory Co. in East Nashville about 1876 and later was a director of the Nashville Cotton Mills Co. Later, he became
Jay Brothers
Jan 20, 20231 min read


Renraw: The Original Warner Home & Many Family Ties
Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives Likely 1524 Gallatin Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1855. 3-story wood frame home Renraw was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 20, 20233 min read


Edgewood: Eastern Edge of Nashville (at the time)
719 North Twelfth St. Nashville, TN Circa 1854. 2-story grey brick home with a central cupola Photo from Tennessee State Library and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 20, 20233 min read


Springside
Springside was built on former Lockeland property in the 1840s by Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814-1885) and Eliza Trimble Lindsley...
Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read


Pontotoc
2900 Greenwood Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. Pontotoc along with Wyatt Hall had consistent Methodist Church ownership and ties. The first owner was Dr. Albert Henry (A.H.) Redford (1818-1884). Dr. Redford was a Methodist minister and chronicler of Methodist Church history. It was bought by Joseph Horton Fall (1848-1925) and Margaret Evans Fall (1851-1911) by the late 1870s. They married in 1873. He owned a prosperous hardware business. The Fall family had moved by 1885 to Sevent
Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read


Robert Orr House
401 Woodland St. Nashville, TN Circa 1882. 2-story red brick Victorian Robert Orr, Jr. (1871-1936) and Anne “Annie” Howell Orr (?-1962) built their home in East Nashville. Robert Orrs Sr. and Jr. bought into Orr, Mizzell & Murray, wholesale grocers on Market St. In the 1920s, Orr Jr. was president, bought the other principals out and renamed the company, Robert Orr & Co. Orr Jr. moved the company to 164-68 2nd Ave. North and became president and ceo. Walton Cunningham was the
Jay Brothers
Sep 6, 20221 min read

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