top of page
Search


Samuel Mitchell House (Robertson Co.)
The Mitchell House was located near the Kentucky line in Guthrie near Hwy 41. (Samuel) Findley Mitchell (1806-1896) moved to Robertson...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12, 20231 min read


Sudley Place: A Distiller's Home
Photo by drsowell Sudley Place was built by Dr. Samuel Bowling Brown (1829-1891) and Ann J. Baird Brown (1821-1882) in 1856. Constructed...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12, 20232 min read


Rock Jolly: Advertising with Farming on the Side
Rock Jolly is located off Hwy 52 on Rock House Rd. in Cross Plains. It was built in 1830 by William Johnson. The home is a rare example...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12, 20231 min read


William Randolph House/ Villines Inn
Through most of the 19th century, a well-known inn welcomed travelers on the main route between Gallatin and Springfield in northern...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12, 20232 min read


An Original TN Distiller: Arthur Pitt Home & Distillery
Photo by Wingerham52 The Arthur Pitt House and Distillery sits on Hwy 49/ Orlinda Pike in Springfield. The one story brick house was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12, 20232 min read


Woodard Hall - Oldest Farm in Robertson Co. TN
Photo by Josephine G. Larsen One of the Robertson County pillars of distilling, Woodard descendants remain on their same property at 5876...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12, 20232 min read
Watson-Richardson Resid. (Richview)
Built for Thomas Jefferson (T.J.) Watson (1818-1900) and Elizabeth Ann “Bettie” Rudolph Watson (1827-1892) in 1865, the Watson-Richardson...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Minglewood - the Cunningham homestead (my great, grandparents)
Was 1650 Hopkinsville Hwy at Quinn Lane Clarksville, TN Circa 1867. 2-story brick Second Empire style home Edward Drane (1848-1920) built...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20233 min read


Drane-Patch-Catlett Place
Near West and Home Aves. Clarksville, TN Circa 1865. 2-story brick with stone accents. Sitting on twenty or more acres, Elizabeth Jane...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Oneal-Townley Home
103 Union St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1856. 2-story yellow frame Italianate style This historic home is an Italianate frame structure on...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Frech-Buck House
102 Union St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1842. s-story yellow frame home with entire front porch. The Frech-Buck House is a 2 story yellow...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read
D. N. Kennedy Home
The Kennedy Home stood at 221 South Second St. for over a century prior to being torn down in the 1960s. It was a 2 story brick home...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read


White Hall (Whitehall) (Clarksville)
Photo by Skye Marthaler Built on Old Mill Rd. near Old Hopkinsville Pike, Fielding L. Williams (?-1813) and Lucy Williams built the house...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Riverview (Montgomery Co.)/ Benfolly: A Literary Sanctuary
Photo from Eleanor Williams The home holding so much area history stands west of downtown Clarksville on Cumberland Heights Rd. and was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Cloverlands/ Cloverdale - Earliest Home in Montgomery Co, TN
Photo by Amanda A. Blount About 1809, Charles and Barbara Walton Barker and his brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Charles N. Meriwether and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20233 min read


Mulberry Hill/ Meadowlands
Royal Ferguson built this mansion at 1818 Hampshire Pike in 1828. Ferguson was among the early settlers and entrepreneurs who started the...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Whippoorwill Hills: The Music of Birds
Andrew Marshall Kerr, Sr. (1786-1864) and Clotida Moreen Kerr (1794-1854) built Whippoorwill Hills starting in 1824 and additions were...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Walnut Grove/ Sabra Lawrence Home - Woman-owned & managed
Walnut Grove is a special property: Built for a woman and the farm managed by a woman. Willis Henry Boddie (1788-1841) accumulated over...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Dr. Samuel Mayes Home/ Old Mayes Place
Corner of Zion Rd. and Canaan Rd. - now Rout 1. Circa 1818. 2-story wood frame Federal home Dr. Samuel Mayes (1759-1849) and Mary...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Mercer Hall: Another Episcopal tie
Photo from Library of Congress Mercer Hall, located in Columbia at 902 Mercer Court, was built in 1838 for Dr. William Leacock, an...
Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read

bottom of page