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Thompson Building in Oxford
103 North Lamar Bl Oxford, MS Circa 1869.3-story building with a 2nd floor balcony added later The Thompson House was the first hotel...
Jay Brothers
Dec 4, 20241 min read
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Howell House: A Legal Tradition
1230 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1870. 3- story Italianate style home Judge Morton Boyte Howell (1834-1909) and Isabella Elliott...
Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Sharp-Crabb Home: One of first in Hillsboro Village
1701 18th Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1911. 2-story Dutch Colonial Revival style with stepped gable ends Robert Sharp (1851-1920) and...
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Dec 2, 20241 min read
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GranDale Manor: Good story of Preservation and Repurpose
Original 2234 Murfreesboro Rd. / current 200 Nashboro Bl Nashville TN Circa 1830 / rebuilt in 1859/ expanded in 1880. 2-story frame home...
Jay Brothers
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Wesley Wheless Mansion: Part of Early Edgefield community
East of Edgefield along Cumberland River Nashville, TN Circa 1857. 2- story Gothic Revival Villa style mansion Image of Wheless' Gothic...
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Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Thomas Talbot Farmhouse: One of Mid TN's Earliest
Was near Dickerson PK and East Trinity Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1791. 2-story home From Sara Bratcher. Her great-aunt Elizabeth Kaufman...
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Nov 13, 20242 min read
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Robert Donnell Stanford, Sr.: Developer of Donelson
Donelson, TN (aka Spring Place, Slip-Up and McWhirtersville, per Leona Taylor Aiken) Robert Donnell (R.D.) Stanford, Sr. (1889-1944) was an important force in the development of Donelson - northeast of Nashville, TN. 1919 Claver Bottom early 1920s Stanford House 1921 Belair 1947 Ravenwood The Stanford family was from Trousdale County. After graduation, in 1907, he moved with his brother, A. F. Stanford and parents, to Oklahoma City, OK. They founded Stanford Furniture Co., wh
Jay Brothers
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Norwood/ Father Ryan High School
780 Norwood Dr. Nashville, TN Circa 1939/40 The home was part of the Thompson estate from Glen Leven and just made the timeline for...
Jay Brothers
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Bel-Air (Patrick McQuire House)
105 North James Campbell BL Columbia, TN Circa 1830. 2-story simple Federal style with 5 bays By rossograph Patrick McGuire (1775-1850)...
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Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Vacation Trivia: 1890s!!
Well-Known Vacation Spots in Tennessee in the 1890s Lookout Inn - Lookout Mtn, Chattanooga McCullough Hotel Point Hotel Kingston Springs...
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Oct 30, 20241 min read
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FitzGerald Manor: First Indoor Plumbing in Sumner Co!
562 South Water Ave. (at South Water and Factory Lane) Gallatin, TN Circa 1869. 2 story Italianate home with a 3rd story watchtower Henry...
Jay Brothers
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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James V. Blevins Home: The Popcorn King
5350 Hillsboro Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1935. 2-story Neo-Classic James Victor Blevins (1912-1999) and Patty Hester Blevins (1912-2008)...
Jay Brothers
Oct 27, 20241 min read
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Schnell Mansion: The SNUB
1111 16th Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1912. Large 2-story stone home. Jacob Powell Schnell (1841-1910) was a grocer in the Germantown...
Jay Brothers
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Bilbro Mansion: At least 3 Generations of Doctors!
900 East Main St. Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1900. Large limestone home Dr. William Caldwell Bilbro (1863-1933) and Florence Jordan Nuckolls...
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Aug 27, 20241 min read
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Boyd House: Saved on Fisk Campus
1603 Meharry BL Nashville, TN Circa 1915-20. 2-story red brick with Doric columns Located on the Fisk Univ. campus, the Boyd House has...
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Aug 26, 20242 min read
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General Stuff: Winn's Inn, Harding Pike paved, Hwy 100 Reroute
Early tavern: Maj. Wm T. Lewis (Fairfield) owned an early "hostelry" in 1796. It was just NE of Nashville's Public Square. By 1806, it...
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Aug 26, 20241 min read
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Poplar Grove/ Tree Lawn: Franklin almost named Marthasville
Current: New Highway 96 & Founders Pointe BL Franklin, TN Circa late 1790s. Dogtrot cabin to small house to larger home Abraham "Abram"...
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Aug 23, 20243 min read
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Fairview 1 & 2 (in Green Hills)
3901 Hillsboro Rd. (Corner of Abbott Martin Rd) Nashville, TN About 1913. Large 2 story wood plantation home. Fairvew (Green Hills circa...
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Aug 22, 20241 min read
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Ravenwood (1, 2): DeBow to Stanford to Ravenwood CC
Lebanon Rd. Nashville, TN Built 1903. 2-story stone home/ rebuilt in 1957 Sarah Dodson inherited land from her family in the Donelson...
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Aug 18, 20242 min read
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Burlington (Abbott-Martin Rd.)
Originally Abbott Lane (current Abbott-Martin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1932. The Armistead family built their bucolic estate down Abbott...
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Jul 18, 20241 min read
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