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Silverdene
931 Main St. Nashville, TN Circa 1860s. 2-story white frame neo-classical home with Grecian arches and a colonnade Silverdene (Finn//...
Jay Brothers
Oct 7, 20251 min read


Graystone: 1st of Daniel's Homes
2015 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1907. Beautiful 2-story Italianate graystone home Judge J. B. T. Daniel and his first wife built...
Jay Brothers
Mar 21, 20251 min read


Hedgerow Hill (Mayhew-Johnston Res)/ Glimpse of Glory
1326 Page Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1937/ renovated 1972. 2-story home with Colonial Williamsburg and Natchez styles Hedgerow Hill was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 9, 20252 min read


Simmons-Herrin Home/ Brighwood/ Bright Acres: Pre-Forrest Hills
1510/20 Old Hickory BL Brentwood, TN Circa 1846. Large 2-story Greek Revival home Dr. Green Jones Simmons (1813-1897) purchased 190 acres...
Jay Brothers
Jan 1, 20252 min read


Henry Compton/ Compton-Blackie House
current 1645 Tyne BL Nashville, TN Circa 1819. 2-story log and frame home Earliest surviving Compton family home in Nashville area Henry...
Jay Brothers
Dec 31, 20242 min read


Julius B. Weil House (now Metropolitan Apartments)
J.B. Weil House on Harding Rd. Vacant. Then Windsor Towers constructed. Daughter Peggy Weil Steine, prominent civic, political, arts support
Jay Brothers
Dec 25, 20242 min read


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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20241 min read


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...
Jay Brothers
Nov 14, 20242 min read


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


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...
Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20242 min read


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...
Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20241 min read


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...
Jay Brothers
Aug 22, 20241 min read


Burlington (Abbott-Martin Rd.)
Originally Abbott Lane (current Abbott-Martin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1932. The Armistead family built their bucolic estate down Abbott...
Jay Brothers
Jul 18, 20241 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...
Jay Brothers
Jun 16, 20241 min read


Henry Harding's Edgehill home
1434 14th Ave. South Nashville, TN (Edgehill area) Circa 1910. (James) Henry Harding (1825-1888) purchased a home in the Edgehill area south of downtown Nashville on 14th Ave. South by 1913. His brother, Orange Harding, Jr., bought the next lot, and he later sold it to Henry. Harding's two spouses were Emily S. Harding Harding (1825-1881) and Margaret Catherine Pickett Harding (1854-1906). He had purchased his freedom as a Belle Meade plantation slave. After the Civil War, he
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read


William Edmonson: First African-American show at Met Mus. of Art
1434 14th Ave. South (Edgehill area) Nashville, TN Circa 1935. \William Edmondson House was inhabited by the late blooming artist/ sculptor William Edmondson (1874-1951) at 1434 14th Ave. South. Edmondson lived in the Edgehill area south of downtown Nashville with his mother and sister. He worked at the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad supply shop until 1907, and then at Nashville’s Women’s Hospital until 1931. After saving money, he purchased the Edgehill home. Ed
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read


Glen Leven Farm: A Thompson Family home
4000 Franklin Pike Nashville, TN 1790 Blockhouse/ Circa 1857. 2-story Federal style home Photo by Mark Mosrie The property was settled in...
Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Craighead House: Another Connection to Earliest Nashville on the West side
Current 3710 Westbrook Ave. (just off West End Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1809. 2-story brick Federal style. Jonathan Friar Robertson (1769-1814) and Ciddy “Kitty” Davis Robertson (1772-1859) built the home just after the turn of the last century off the old Richland Turnpike. Craighead House is now one of the oldest brick homes in Nashville. They married in 1791. Robertson was a surveyor and the son of James and Charlotte Robertson. At some point, the property became incorpor
Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Sylvan Hall/ Sugar Tree Grove/ William D. Philips Home
Dickerson Pike (originally Dickerson Meeting House Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1791/ rebuilt 1804 or 1808. Wood cabin/ then 3-story Greek...
Jay Brothers
Jan 31, 20233 min read


McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House/ Fountain Blue
908 Meridian St. Nashville, TN Circa 1840. 2-story Federal style home. The McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House was built on Meridian St in East...
Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read

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