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Poplar Grove/ Tree Lawn: Franklin almost named Marthasville
Current: New Highway 96 & Founders Pointe BL Franklin, TN Circa late 1790s. Dogtrot cabin to small house to larger home Abraham "Abram"...
Jay Brothers
Aug 23, 20243 min read
Riverview: Bye bye because of I-65
Near Murfreesboro Rd. and Hwy 96. Circa 1820 Built by John Nichols (1789-1863) and Elizabeth McCown Nichols (1799-1881). They wed in...
Jay Brothers
Jun 6, 20241 min read


Highland Hall: Reams Fleming Homeplace
Off Arno Rd. Williamson County, TN Circa 1840-45. Large 4-story brick mansion From lovelyfranklin.com Highland Hall was built between...
Jay Brothers
Apr 29, 20242 min read


H.H. Mayberry House/ Riverview (Spendored)
151 Franklin Rd./ Highway 31 (north of Franklin) Franklin, TN Circa 1902. 2-story brick and stucco Neo-classical Photo by Skye Marthaler...
Jay Brothers
Feb 5, 20232 min read


Harris-McEwen House: Bunch of Franklin history
612 Fair Street Franklin, TN Circa 1830. Image from Visit Franklin site Carey Allen Harris, Sr. (1805-1842) built the home on 11 acres....
Jay Brothers
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Carnton
1345 Eastern Flank Cir. Franklin, TN Circa 1826. 2-story red brick Federal home Photo by Landry76 Carnton was built by Randal McGavock...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read


Joseph Wilson House
367 Clovercroft Rd. Brentwood, TN Circa 1861. 2-story frame Greek Revival style The Joseph Wilson House was built at Clovercroft Rd. and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Windermere: Part of the Eastern Flank of the Battle of Franklin
1344 Carnton Lane Franklin, TN Circa 1887 - unclear whether there was a structure existing . Originally a 1-story Eastlake gable home -...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20234 min read


Winstead House/ Abbey Leix Mansion/ Franklin Grove Estate & Gardens
Winstead House / Abbey Leix Mansion was built about 1868 on South Margin St. in Franklin. Photo by Skye Marthaler William O’Neal Perkins...
Jay Brothers
Jan 18, 20232 min read


Seward Hall (Garden Hill)
Liberty Pike Franklin, TN Circa 1854. 2-story red brick Greek Revival home. John Ewing Hill (1829-1864) and Sarah Elizabeth Buchanan Hill...
Jay Brothers
Jan 18, 20231 min read


Lotz House
1111 Columbia Ave. Franklin, TN Circa 1858. 2-story wood Greek Revival style home Lotz House was built by Johann Albert Lotz (1820-1905)...
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Jan 18, 20232 min read


William S. Campbell House/ Magnolia Hall
Photo by Skye Marthaler The William S. Campbell House / Magnolia Hall was built about 1840 at 600 Boyd Mill Ave. off Hwy 96 in Franklin....
Jay Brothers
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Hadleywood/ Green Pastures
Hadleywood / Green Pastures, was built in 1840 by Hwy 31A in the Little Harpeth Valley in northern Williamson County. In 1821, Denny...
Jay Brothers
Jan 18, 20232 min read


Everbright: Business and BGA ties
Everbright was built in modified Greek Revival style in 1840 on a hill overlooking Carter’s Creek Pike just south of the Franklin square...
Jay Brothers
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Samuel B. Lee House/ Maplewood Farm
3085 Duplex-Spring Hill Rd. Franklin, TN Circa 1835. 2-story frame home. Samuel Brown Lee, Sr. (1768-1865) and Susan Amanda Napier Lee...
Jay Brothers
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Cedarmont
Cedarmont, one of Williamson County’s most beautiful homes, was built about 1816 on Lynch Rd. (now 2030 Cedarmont Rd.) in Franklin. The...
Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Locust Guard
Located on Moran Road by the Big Harpeth River, Locust Guard was built by Joseph Motheral (1791-1872) and Anness Lea Williams Motheral...
Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read


Franklin Hardeman House/ Sugar Hill
This 2 story brick Greek Revival mansion was built in 1835. Franklin “Frank” Hardeman (1815-1878) and Catherine Carson Wilson Hardeman...
Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Foxview
Foxview was built in 1835 in Brentwood on Old Smyrna Rd.(current address 9134) by Alexander Ewing Sneed (1812-1852) on land received from...
Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20231 min read


Ashlawn: A Brentwood Landmark
902 Franklin Pike Brentwood, TN Circa 1832. 3- story Greek Revival mansion Ashlawn, built in 1832 by Richard Christmas (1805-1841) & Mary...
Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20233 min read

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