Yalewood: Cosy Neighbors and Martha White Flour
1416 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1922. 2-story neo-classical mansion. About 1922, Mamie Craig Howell (1891-1981) and Joseph Toy...
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Jay Brothers
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Hawthorn Hill: Doctors and Grand Ole Opry
495 Old Highway 25 Castalian Springs, TN Circa 1806. 2-story brick Federal style Hawthorn Hill was built in 1806 in the Castalian Springs...
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Jay Brothers
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Joseph Scales Home
Cox Rd. (about a mile west of U.S. Alt. 41) Rutherford Co. TN Circa 1845. 2-story frame Greek Revival style Joseph Griffith Scales...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Claiborne Mansion/ Tennessee School for the Blind
Current 108 Hermitage Ave. (former Fillmore St.) Nashville, TN Circa 1866. 4-story mansion The Claiborne Mansion was built on a hill...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Dr. L. A. Bowman Home: Nashville's African-American Rockefeller
Just west of the Korean Veterans Memorial terminus and 8th Ave. South roundabout and the site of the current Westin Hotel Nashville, TN...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Robert Fulton Boyd Home: Important Doctor and Financier
417 Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1900. Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912) purchased a large 3 story home on Cedar St....
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Rev. Preston Taylor Home
449 North Cherry St. (Fourth Ave. North) Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story home From 1906 until his death, Rev. Dr. Preston Taylor...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 27
- 1 min
Henry Harding's Edgehill home
1434 14th Ave. South Nashville, TN (Edgehill area) Circa 1910. (James) Henry Harding (1825-1888) purchased a home in the Edgehill area...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 27
- 1 min
William Edmonson: First African-American show at Met Mus. of Art
1434 14th Ave. South (Edgehill area) Nashville, TN Circa 1935. \William Edmondson House was inhabited by the late blooming artist/...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Sherrod Bryant Farm/ Bryant's Grove
Bryant Grove area - West side of current Percy Priest Lake Nashville, TN Circa 1810. The Sherrod Bryant Home was on the Bryant Plantation...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Sampson Wesley Keeble home: Trailblazing Politician and Businessman
Broadway & 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1870s. A marker by the Tennessee Historical commission recognizes Keeble's home on Broadway...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 9
- 6 min
Belle Meade Plantation: Iroquois and Belle Meade
Off Harding Rd. on Leake Ave. (Belle Meade) Nashville, TN Circa orig. 1819/ renovated 1832. 2-story Federal style mansion Belle Meade was...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Oakhurst: Ties to WGNS Radio and The French Shoppe
119 Cherry Lane Murfeesboro, TN Circa 1881. Large 2 story brick home. Leland Jordan (1847-1935) and Ella Ready Jordan built Oakhurst on...
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Jay Brothers
- Dec 14, 2023
- 1 min
Tennessee Preparatory School: A Fine Legacy of E.W. & Anna Russell Cole
In 1873, a cholera epidemic hit Tennessee which killed many adults and left behind numerous orphaned children. Judge John C. Ferris made...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 5, 2023
- 2 min
H.H. Mayberry House/ Riverview (Spendored)
Highway 31 north of Franklin Franklin, TN Circa original ?/ renovated 1901. ?/ 2-story Neo-classical Photo by Skye Marthaler The Henry H....
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 4, 2023
- 3 min
Glen Leven Farm: A Thompson Family home
4000 Franklin Pike Nashville, TN 1790 Blockhouse/ Circa 1857. 2-story Federal style home Photo by Mark Mosrie The property was settled in...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 4, 2023
- 3 min
Craighead House: Another Connection to Earliest Nashville on the West side
Current 3710 Westbrook Ave. (just off West End Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1809. 2-story brick Federal style. Jonathan Friar Robertson...
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Jay Brothers
- Feb 1, 2023
- 3 min
Sylvan Hall/ Sugar Tree Grove/ William D. Philips Home
Dickerson Pike (originally Dickerson Meeting House Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1791/ rebuilt 1804 or 1808. Wood cabin/ then 3-story Greek...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min
McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House/ Fountain Blue
908 Meridian St. Nashville, TN Circa 1840. 2-story Federal style home. The McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House was built on Meridian St in East...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 29, 2023
- 2 min
Hillhurst: A North Nashville landmark into the 1970s
Hillhurst Dr. (between I-65 and Dickerson Pike) Nashville, TN Circa 1851. Large 2-story Greek Revival style Image from Beautiful Homes &...
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