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Lynmeade: Overlooking Harding Rd. and St. George's Church
105 Lynwood Blvd Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story 17th century French Chateau style home Lynmeade stands on the rise on the northern...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 min read


Treetops: Outskirts of Belle Meade
Former 4560 Harding Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1912. 2-story brick Georgian style home Treetops was constructed by George Augustus Schwab...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20231 min read


Red Gables/ Ensworth School
Originally on Woodlawn/ current address 211 Ensworth Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1908. 2-story English Tudor style with red sandstone Red...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 min read


Gilbert Mansion/ Lindsey House/ Riley& Jacobson PLC
1906 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1908. Beautiful 3-story stone building in American Foursquare style Photo by Andrew Jameson It was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Montrose
Montrose in 1954. Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives Montrose is located at 3605 Woodlawn Dr. The 2 story brick home sits at...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


The Maples
At 2404 Golf Club Lane, the Oman family built the second house on the street in 1907. John Manson Oman, Jr. (1873-1949) and Elizabeth “Bessie” Bond Oman (1878-1975) also owned extensive property behind the house likely extending north and east toward the new Nashville Golf Club. The Omans moved south to Brentwood and purchased and began restoring Isola Bella/ Thurso. In 1915, Dr. Robert Boyle Bogle, Sr. (1875-1941) and his wife Clara Louise Jungerman Bogle (1879-1972) moved i
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Hilltop: Only Cockrill Home Standing
541 Stevenson St. Nashville, TN Circa 1903. 2-story red brick home In 1906, Benjamin Franklin Cockrill (1866-1936) and wife Willie Mercer...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Top O'Woodland/ Historic B&B
Top O’Woodland was built between 1898-1904 at 1603 block of Woodland St. H.B. Hyde and J.S. Bell bought 2 lots at 1601 and 1603 Woodland...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


The Elms
current 206 & 204 Craighead Ave. Nashville TN Circa 1904. The Elms was built in Nashville on the newly developing Craighead Ave. off West End Ave. around 1904 for Col. Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) and Fannie Howard Ashworth Enloe (1847-1937). They married in 1870. He was involved in the Tennessee government and served as a Tennessee House representative from 1877-1895. From 1874-1886, he edited the Jackson Tribune and Sun newspapers. In 1904, he was appointed secretar
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Elmington: Warner Family heading west
In 1901, Edwin Warner (1870-1945) and Susan Richardson Hamilton Warner (1881-1947) moved into their new home, Elmington, from the Warner...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Overton Hall/ Crieve Hall
Overton Hall /Crieve Hall was built in Tudor style in 1900 by Jesse Maxwell Overton (1863-1922) and wife Sarah “Saidee” Cheney Williams...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Longleat: Between the Hardings and the Comptons
Hillsboro Rd. (south of Tyne BL) Nashville, TN Circa 1910. By 1928, life was going well for Thomas J. Tyne. His company, National Life...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20233 min read


Bellwood (Davidson Co.)
Current 414 Bowling Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1900. 3-story white frame wood home with wraparound porch Bellwood was built on then Golf...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Wayside: Brothers Wed Sisters & Live Adjacent
Built by Alexander Samuel Caldwell (1857-1905) and Margaret L. “Maggie” Winston Caldwell (1862-1933) in 1897, Wayside was a 2 story house located at 928 Caldwell Lane. It was located behind and to the west of the Longview estate owned by his brother James and May Winston. Alexander’s nephew was Rogers Caldwell. Maggie was the sister of May. Her father was Dr. Charles K. Winston, a professor of obstetrics and a founder and president of the University of Nashvillle. Alexander w
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


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


Vine Hill: Owner of Gerst Haus (Davidson Co.)
Vine Hill sat at 629 Benton Ave. - on the former Sixth Ave. South Photo from American Illustr. Co. At that time, Sixth Ave. South...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


The Herbert Home
In 1890, Maj. William G. Bush built this home for his daughter and son-in-law, Sarah “Sallie” E. Bush Herbert (1854-1917) and Thomas Levin (T.L.) Herbert (1852-1913). They wed in 1875. It was a Dutch Renaissance style home located at 714 Russell St. Bush and Herbert were in the brickmaking business and had a factory in Edgefield. Sallie operated a drapery making shop from the first floor. When Maj. Bush retired in 1900, Herbert succeeded him as president until his death, and
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Sevenoaks: Another Weaver home near the Nashville Airport
Murfreesboro Rd. (near current Nashville airport) Nashville, TN Circa 1890. Thomas Shadrack "T.S." Weaver (1850-1911) and wife Martha...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Horn House/ Williams House: Reclaiming Edgefield
Built in 1888 at 800 Russell St., William L. “Will” Horn was the first owner. He was a prominent Nashville realtor. The 1.5 story Richardson Romanesque style home was constructed shortly after the first suspension bridge was finished that connected downtown Nashville to East Nashville. Horn moved to the new neighborhood of Green Hills on the west side of Nashville and built a new country home in stone called Lone Oak. He sold his Edgefield home to Andrew Mizell (A.M.) and Lil
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


West Meade - A Bequest from Dad to Daughter
6204 Old Harding Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1886. 3-story red brick Victorian mansion West Meade was built on Old Harding Pike by the Hon....
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read

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