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Robertson Topp House/ The Bigbee School
565 Beale St. Memphis, TN Circa 1841. A classic Greek Revival mansion. Col. Robertson Topp (1807-1876) and Elizabeth Little Vance Topp...
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Dec 7, 20242 min read


Polk House: Home to a POEMS Leader
583 East Main St. Jackson, TN Circa 1895. 3-story Queen Anne style home. Thomas Marlborough Polk (1852-1928) and Willie Rogers Polk...
Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20241 min read


W. P. Robertson House
From Jackson-Madison County: A Pictorial History College and Hurt Sts. Jackson, TN Circa circa 1895. A huge 3-story brick and sandstone...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Tomlin House
15 Northwood Ave. Jackson, TN Circa 1931. Tudor Revival style From Jackson-Madison Co.: A Pictorial History The home was built for a Mrs....
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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Norfleet/ Norfleet-Fuller Mansion
1585 Central Ave. and Roland Memphis, TN Circa 1912. 3-story Spanish Revival style At the time, it was the edge of Memphis and sat on...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Pauline Cheek Barton Hall/ Barton-Hurley
Orig. add 2254 Kirby Rd./ current addr 6562 Green Shadows Lane Memphis, TN Circa 1938. Modern Colonial Revival home One of the last homes...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Deaderick Home/ Orange Mound: One of First Subdivisions for African-Americans
Near current Airways BL between Spottswood Ave. and Carnes Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1825. Large 2-story home on a rise John George...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Elam Homestead
From Memphis Heritage 1428 Fox St. Memphis, TN Circa 1854. 2-story log house Edward Simpson Elam (1817-1885) and Sarah J. Cooper Elam...
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Dec 7, 20242 min read


Nellie Pidgeon Home
4275 Nellwood Lane (former Walnut Grove Rd. and Pidgeon Rd.) Memphis, TN Circa 1936/ after fire rebuilt 2004 From Johnson Archives The...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Charles Davis House/ Porter House: Repped MLK, Jr. in '68 Memphis Sanitation Strike
1291 Winchester Rd. Collierville, TN Circa unk/ purchased 1841. Remodeled in 1867 Vernacular Greek Revival style From Memphis Heritage A...
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Dec 6, 20242 min read


James O'Connor Home
James O'Conner home was in Jackson, TN
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Dec 6, 20241 min read


Dr. Martin Walton House/ Cook-Tate Home
6354 Highway 25 East Springfield, TN Circa 1809. 2-story Federal brick/ 1870 remodel to 2-story Italianate style Photo by beachmissions...
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Dec 6, 20242 min read


C. T. Cheek House/ Second Tennessee Governor's Residence
2118 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1910. 2-story squared buff-colored mansion Christopher T. "C.T." Cheek (1842-1915) and Ann Valeria...
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Dec 6, 20242 min read


Dunscomb House/ Frazer House: The Little Greek House
584 South Front St. Memphis, TN Circa 1840. 1-story Greek Revival style Home of Virginia Frazer Boyle: "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy"...
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Dec 6, 20242 min read


Dixon Mansion/ Dixon Galleries & Garden
4339 Park Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1939. Large 2-story brick Georgian style mansion Hugo Norton Dixon (1892-1974) and Margaret Oates Dixon...
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Dec 6, 20241 min read


Mollie Fontaine Taylor House/ Mollie Fontaine Lounge
679 Adams Ave. Memphis, TN Circa 1866. Eclectic Revival style. From Storybook Memphis The home is part of the Victorian Village...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read


Eppy White Plantation
Near Poplar Rd. & S. White Station Rd. Memphis, TN Circa early 1830s. 2-story white columned home Col. Epaphroditus "Eppy" White...
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Dec 5, 20242 min read


Wilks Brooks House/ Woodlawn (Memphis)
One of earliest examples of Greek Revival house style in Memphis.
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Dec 5, 20242 min read


Rozelle Home
1737 Harbert St. Memphis, TN Circa 1853. 2-story Victorian style home Soloman Rozelle (1777-1856) was a pioneer and one of first white...
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Dec 5, 20242 min read


Mallory House
Mallory Lane Franklin, TN - about 4 miles north of Franklin Circa 1815 John Mallory (1780-1860) and Sarah Crockett Mallory (1787-1870)...
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Dec 4, 20241 min read

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