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Benjamin Rucker Home/ Maple Grove/ The Betty Place
Photo by rossograph Built in 1832 at 3978 Betty Ford Rd. in Compton, the Benjamin Rucker Home sits near the East Fork of Stones River....
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...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
Glenn-Merritt Home
531/533 Madison St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1869 James Lyle Glenn (1828-1916) and Ella Poindexter Glenn (1835-1875) built this home. They...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Searcy-Mathews-Tarpley Home
455 West Jefferson Pike Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1850. 2-story I-structure Greek Revival Photo by rossograph Col. Anderson Searcy, Jr....
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


Doughty House/ Elliott-Kimbro-Doughty-Howse-Miles House
223 East Lytle St. Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1848. In 1848, Adaline “Amanda” Bowman Elliott (1803-1886) built this home on East Lytle St.,...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Charles Ready Home/ The Corners: Founder of Readyville
The Charles Ready Home/ The Corners was built on U.S. Hwy 70 South in Readyville, on the East Fork of the Stones River. Photo by Brian...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Absalom Scales Home/ Old Womack Place: An Eagleville Pioneer Family
Located on Rocky Glade Road in Eagleville, the Scales Home has a Greek Revival double-fronted style which is uncommon in the area. Photo...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


Oaklands/ Oak Manor: Ties to Judy Garland
901 North Maney Ave. Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1813. Renovated 1857 to Italianate style Photo by rossograph Oaklands was built in stages...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


William B. Jordan Farm/ Cedar Hall Farm
2665 Taylor Lane Eagleville, TN Circa 1847. 2-story Greek Revival/ Italanate Photo by rossograph The William B. Jordan is the only...
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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 -...
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Jan 23, 20234 min read


Ravenscroft
5925 Ragland Dr. (near Franklin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1892 Ravenscroft was built near Franklin Rd. on part of Judge Overton’s Travellers Rest estate south of Travellers Rest. Since their marriage was in 1892, Robert Edward Lee Overton (1866-1900) and his wife Nancy “Nannie” Baxter Overton (1871-1962) likely wed and lived at Ravenscroft from that date. Ravenscroft was probably named after Nannie’s grandparents name, Ravenscroft. The couple combined two very well-connected N
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Rattle and Snap/ Oakwood Hall: A great gambling win
1522 North Main Street (U.S. Route 43/ Andrew Jackson Highway) Mt. Pleasant, TN Circa 1845. 2-story Greek Revival with 2-story front...
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Jan 23, 20233 min read


Hunters Hill: Ties with WLAC and Female Suffrage
5401 Hillsboro Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1928. 2-story Tudor Revival style of weathered stone Hunters Hill was built by Guilford Dudley,...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Far Hills/ Tennessee Governor's Residence - Third One
South Curtiswood Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1931. 3-story Georgian-style mansion Far Hills was built on South Curtiswood Lane (originally...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Belleforest/ Mrs. Edward B. Craig House: What National Life Money Built
Photo by Skye Marthaler 1418 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1935. 2-story French Chateau home Belleforest (Mrs. Edward B.Craig House)...
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Deepwood (Dr. Cobb Pilcher House): One of Earliest Homes in Forest Hills
Photo by rossograph Deepwood was built by (Dudley) Cobb Pilcher (1904-1949), a Vanderbilt physician at 5335 Stanford Dr. off Hillsboro...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


Ingleside: The Stone House at the Northern Edge of Green Hills
Sharing land with Trinity Presbyterian Church since 1944, Ingleside sits at 3201 Hillsboro Rd. This 2 story stone house was originally constructed in 1923 by unknown owners. At that time, it was built at the bottom of the long sloping hill on which Sharon Hill/ Bonnie Brae homes stood. Twenty-first Avenue had just changed its name to Hillsboro Rd. at the top of the hill before snaking down past the estate and heading back up a hill toward the growing Green Hills area.The Conc
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Jan 23, 20232 min read


Charles Evers House/ The Hibbettage: The Hermitage Look-alike
Hibbettage was built by Basye Kimbrough (B.K.) Hibbett, Jr. (1901-1965) and wife Mary Frances Young Hibbett (1903-1984) at 2160 Old Hickory Blvd. in 1939. They married in 1924. Its Colonial Revival style is a replica of the Hermitage because Mary Frances was active in the Ladies Hermitage Association. She, as well as her mother, Mrs. Kate Eliza Wilson Young, were part of a movement of prominent ladies who worked on preservation in Tennessee. B.K. prospered in the salvage busi
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


R. E. Martin Home/Castlewood (Davidson Co.): Originally part of Tyne estate
30 Castlewood Court (orig. 5901 Hillsboro Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1931. Tudor Revival style Richard E. Martin, a local builder, and his wife, Floyd Irene Martin, built the Tudor Revival style house that originally had 24 acres surrounding it. The land likely bordered the Hillsboro Rd/ Old Hickory BL intersection. Per local lore, Richard saved the life of Thomas Tyne, Jr. after an accident on Tyne Blvd. In gratitude, his father, Thomas Tyne, Sr. sold Martin property off the s
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


One Hundred Oaks: From Farm to Restaurant to 2nd Suburban Mall
The oldest son of Col. Henry and Ida Dickinson, Henry Dickinson, Jr. (1908-1951) inherited a portion of the Brightwood estate south of...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read

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