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Beaumont House
College St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1860. 2-story brick home. Henry Francisco Beaumont (1800-1864) married Sarah Gibson Anderson Beaumont...
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Jul 6, 20241 min read


Joseph Dunlop House (Ayreshire): Mid-2023 Demolition threatened
517 Madison St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1914. 2-story red Mediterranean-style home with terra-cotta roof From VisitClarksville.com Joseph...
Jay Brothers
Jun 23, 20242 min read


Boxwood Hall (Chickering Rd.): First Fleming Home
1317 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1939. One of the last historic homes to make the HTH list cutoff of 1939. Boxwood Hall was built...
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Jun 16, 20241 min read


Currey Hill to Rose Park: A Hill of Change
1000 Edgehill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1800. Large 2-story home The spot of Nashville has seen so much change: Currey Hill to Meridian...
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Jun 13, 20242 min read


Belmont: A Fairfield Offspring outside Clarksville
Portion of the Fairfield farm. Clarksville, TN Circa 1860s. William McClure Drane (1826-1909) and Amelia Washington Haddox Drane...
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Jun 7, 20241 min read


Hartman-Alexander-Dee-Stroop House/ Erin-Aeol House
Former 1433 North Maple/ Lebanon Pk (current Memorial BL) Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1871-1887. 2-story Greek Revival home with a tower From...
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Jun 7, 20241 min read


Mayes Place
306 West Sixth St. Columbia, TN Circa 1858. Large 2-story brick Greek Revival and Mediterrean style Names: Mayes Place aka Mayes Manor/...
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Jun 7, 20242 min read


Halcyon Hall
212 West 6th St. Columbia, TN Circa 1845. Built in 1845, Joseph Alfred Walker (1810-1882) and Adaline Ann Elizabeth Nelson Walker...
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Jun 6, 20241 min read


Riverview: Bye bye because of I-65
Near Murfreesboro Rd. and Hwy 96. Circa 1820 Built by John Nichols (1789-1863) and Elizabeth McCown Nichols (1799-1881). They wed in 1814. His father had a Revolutionary War grant in Edgefield in Nashville. Her parents were from Bardstown, KY. Riverview was originally on Murfreesboro Rd. After a bridge burned after the Civil War, its address changed to Lewisburg Pk. They had a farm and a grist mill on the Harpeth River - the road nearby became the Nichols Mill Rd. in early W
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Jun 6, 20241 min read


Hightower Place/ Buck Davis Place
Old Wilson PK south of Old Smyrna Rd. in the current Corondele subdivision. Circa 1800 Richard R. Hightower (1764-1820) and Nancy L. Smith Hightower (1770-1849( were early settlers in the Brentwood area. He was a physican and large landowner. Their daughter Sarah Clements "Sally" Hightower married Oliver Bliss Hayes and became a member of the Hayes clan of Nashville - see Rokeby, etc. The land sat to the west of Windy Hill Farm in the original Brentwood settlement. Hightowe
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Jun 5, 20241 min read


Goochland: Vandy Ties
North Jefferson Pike (no longer exists) Built in 1842. 2 story red brick Greek Revival Dr. John Claiborne Gooch (1800-1853) and Elizabeth Ann Saunders Gooch (1814-1877) wed in 1831 and settled in Davidson Co. near the Williamson Co. border. Their home was basically one mile north of the Smyna depot and one mile east of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad - close to the landing strips of the Smyrna/ Ruth. Co. Airport. They amassed about 2,155 acres across Davidson and Ruther
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May 22, 20242 min read


Porter House
Credit: Our Southern Living magazine 300 West 6th St., Columbia Built 1816. 2 story cedar log home Elizabeth " Lizzie" Porter Woodfolk...
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May 8, 20242 min read


Queen of the Cumberland/ Chris Smith House/ Smith-Trahern
Spring and McClure Streets Clarksville, TN Circa 1856-59. 2-story red brick Greek Revival and Italianate style The Christopher H. Smith...
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May 3, 20243 min read


Highland Hall: Reams Fleming Homeplace
Off Arno Rd. Williamson County, TN Circa 1840-45. Large 4-story brick mansion From lovelyfranklin.com Highland Hall was built between...
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Apr 29, 20242 min read


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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Apr 19, 20242 min read


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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Apr 5, 20242 min read


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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Mar 2, 20241 min read


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 called Reservoir Hill because Nashville's reservoir was nearby. The site is now under part of the I-40/ I-24 interchange to the east of Nashville. Lt. Micajah Green Lewis Claiborne (1808-1876) had a distinguished naval career and then retired in 1849 to become a farmer. He married Lavinia Thompson Cannon Claiborne (1828-1905) in 1848. Claiborne'
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Feb 28, 20242 min read


Dr. L. A. Bowman Home: Nashville's African-American Rockefeller
Near 317 Eighth Ave. South Nashville, TN Cirac 1850s Just west of the Korean Veterans Memorial terminus and 8th Ave. South roundabout and...
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Feb 27, 20242 min read


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. (Charlotte Ave.) near downtown where his family resided from 1900-1903. It was reportedly the largest home purchase of an African-American in Tennessee up to that time. They had moved from N. Cherry in 1893. The site is now near St. Mary's Catholic Church and Nashville WeGo Central station. Dr. Boyd had started a teaching career in Williamson
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Feb 27, 20241 min read

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