Historic Travellers Rest-Nashville's oldest historic home museum
Traveller’s Rest, home of Judge John Overton (1766-1833), was built Federal style in 1799 on the west fork of Mill Creek about seven...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
Rutlege-Baxter Place/ Rose Hill/ now Foundations Nashville
101 Lea Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1813. Original 1-story brick Federal/ renovated 1820s & 1860s Photo by Nashville Post Rutledge-Baxter...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
Gillespie-Brown House: The Almost Wedding Gift
In 1830, Samuel Gillespie built what he wanted to be the “grandest house in Columbia” for his new bride-to-be. Sparing no expense, he...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Travelers Rest to Richland-1st Brick House
Traveler’s Rest was built by General James Randolph Robertson (1742-1814) and Charlotte “Ciddy” Reeves Robertson (1751-1843) inside his...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Belle Vue (II) (Old Harding Pike)
Photo by Roy and Jerry Klotz Built on the Richland Turnpike (present-day 7306 Old Harding Pike) in 1820, Belle Vue and 15 acres was owned...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
John Spence Home (1866): A Fashionable Move/ James Moore House (1891)
Two separate home were built on the same location. John Spence House 503 North Maple. Murfreesboro, TN/ circa 1866 - demolished by 1890...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
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....
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
Joseph Wilson House
The Joseph Wilson House was built at 367 Clovercroft Rd. - Clovercroft and Wilson Pk. - as a 2 story frame home in Greek Revival style....
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
Glenn-Merritt Home
531/533 Madison St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1869 James Lyle Glenn (1828-?) and Ella Poindexter Glenn built this home. They wed in 1856. He...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
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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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
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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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
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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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Oaklands/ Oak Manor: Ties to Judy Garland
Photo by rossograph Oaklands, located in Murfreesboro, was built in stages from 1813-1830 and 1857-60 by Dr. James Maney (1790-1872) and...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 1 min
William B. Jordan Farm
Photo by rossograph The only remaining Italianate influenced Greek Revival home remaining in Eagleville, the William B. Jordan Farm is...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 4 min
Windermere: Part of the Eastern Flank of the Battle of Franklin
George Limerick Cowan (1842-1919) wed Harriet “Hattie” Young McGavock (1855-1932) in 1884 at her family home, Carnton. He came as a child...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Ravenscroft
5925 Ragland Dr. (near Franklin Rd.) Built about 1892 Ravenscroft was built near Franklin Rd. on part of Judge Overton’s Travellers Rest...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 3 min
Rattle and Snap/ Oakwood Hall: A great gambling win
Rattle and Snap was built in Greek Revival style in 1845 in Columbia by George Washington Polk (1817-1892) and Sally L. Hilliard Polk...
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Hunters Hill
Hunters Hill, located at 5401 Hillsboro Pike, was built in 1928 by Guilford Dudley, Sr. (1854-1945) & Anne Dallas House (1876-1955)....
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Jay Brothers
- Jan 23, 2023
- 2 min
Far Hills/ Tennessee Governor's Residence - Third One
Far Hills was built in 1931 on South Curtiswood Lane (originally part Glen Leven Rd.) off Franklin Pike. William Ridley Wills (1897-1957)...
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