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Stone Hall: Generations in Donelson
Photo by Skye Marthaler Stone Hall, built for Dempsey W. Cantrell (1880-1965) and Nora Johnson Cantrell (1882-1959) in 1918, is located...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Boxwood (Davidson Co.): The Fleming Place
810 Jackson BL Nashville, TN Circa 1917. 3-story Georgian style mansion Boxwood sits at the corner of Jackson Blvd and Harding Place and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Hillcrest: Businessmen & Doctors (Davidson Co.)
Hillcrest was built in 1916 for I.C. Pendleton. Photo from Tom Brothers This immense 3 story brick mansion and estate is located at 320...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read


Greystones: Home of the Guitar-shaped Pool
801 Curtiswood Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1916. (James) Granberry Jackson, Sr.(1873-1940) and Margaret Lytton Early Jackson (1874-1938)...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Woodmont: Home of the Concrete Blvd. and the Opening of Southern Nashville
Woodmont was built in 1914 on the new Woodmont BL by Gustavus Adolphus (G. A.) Puryear (1885-1939) and wife Cornelia Libby Puryear (1890-1965). Puryear was a Nashville banker and the son of William and Mary Ann Puryear of C. Sneed House/ Windy Hill Farm. Up to about 1911, the family Puryear home and farm had been located near Hillsboro Rd. so they essentiallly moved westward toward Harding Rd. Because a bear was seen nearby, when a street was created in Woodmonst Estates, it
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Bonnie Brae/ Sharon Hill
2601 Hillsboro Pike (near Woodlawn Dr.) Nashville, TN Circa 1914. 2 story brick with wings The land had been part of the Thompson’s...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Washington Hall (Davidson Co.): 1st JBT Daniel Home
Judge John Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963) and Theresa Pendleton Daniel (1867-1913) constructed their home at 3700 Whitland Ave. in...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Lynmeade: Overlooking Harding Rd. and St. George's Church
105 Lynwood Blvd Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story 17th century French Chateau style home Lynmeade stands on the rise on the northern...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 min read


Treetops: Outskirts of Belle Meade
Former 4560 Harding Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1912. 2-story brick Georgian style home Treetops was constructed by George Augustus Schwab...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20231 min read


Red Gables/ Ensworth School
Originally on Woodlawn/ current address 211 Ensworth Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1908. 2-story English Tudor style with red sandstone Red...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 min read


Gilbert Mansion/ Lindsey House/ Riley& Jacobson PLC
1906 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1908. Beautiful 3-story stone building in American Foursquare style Photo by Andrew Jameson It was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read


Montrose
Montrose in 1954. Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives Montrose is located at 3605 Woodlawn Dr. The 2 story brick home sits at...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


The Maples
At 2404 Golf Club Lane, the Oman family built the second house on the street in 1907. John Manson Oman, Jr. (1873-1949) and Elizabeth “Bessie” Bond Oman (1878-1975) also owned extensive property behind the house likely extending north and east toward the new Nashville Golf Club. The Omans moved south to Brentwood and purchased and began restoring Isola Bella/ Thurso. In 1915, Dr. Robert Boyle Bogle, Sr. (1875-1941) and his wife Clara Louise Jungerman Bogle (1879-1972) moved i
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Hilltop: Only Cockrill Home Standing
541 Stevenson St. Nashville, TN Circa 1903. 2-story red brick home In 1906, Benjamin Franklin Cockrill (1866-1936) and wife Willie Mercer...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Top O'Woodland/ Historic B&B
Top O’Woodland was built between 1898-1904 at 1603 block of Woodland St. H.B. Hyde and J.S. Bell bought 2 lots at 1601 and 1603 Woodland...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


The Elms
current 206 & 204 Craighead Ave. Nashville TN Circa 1904. The Elms was built in Nashville on the newly developing Craighead Ave. off West End Ave. around 1904 for Col. Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) and Fannie Howard Ashworth Enloe (1847-1937). They married in 1870. He was involved in the Tennessee government and served as a Tennessee House representative from 1877-1895. From 1874-1886, he edited the Jackson Tribune and Sun newspapers. In 1904, he was appointed secretar
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Elmington: Warner Family heading west
In 1901, Edwin Warner (1870-1945) and Susan Richardson Hamilton Warner (1881-1947) moved into their new home, Elmington, from the Warner...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Overton Hall/ Crieve Hall
Overton Hall /Crieve Hall was built in Tudor style in 1900 by Jesse Maxwell Overton (1863-1922) and wife Sarah “Saidee” Cheney Williams...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read


Longleat: Between the Hardings and the Comptons
Hillsboro Rd. (south of Tyne BL) Nashville, TN Circa 1910. By 1928, life was going well for Thomas J. Tyne. His company, National Life...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20233 min read


Bellwood (Davidson Co.)
Current 414 Bowling Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1900. 3-story white frame wood home with wraparound porch Bellwood was built on then Golf...
Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 min read

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