719 North Twelfth St. Nashville, TN Circa 1854. 2-story grey brick home with a central cupola Photo from Tennessee State Library and...

Belmont BL & Acklen Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1843-53. Huge Italian villa with numerous porches 1860 Artwork by unknown artist The goal of...

Granny White PK Nashville, TN Circa 1852. The house was built off Granny White Pike (then called Middle Franklin Pike) by Dr. William...

Photo by Shelly Hamby Murfreesboro Rd. near Briley Pkwy (near current Dunailie Dr.) Nashville, TN Circa 1848. Dun Ailie was built by...

Near Charlotte and Clifton Aves. Nashville, TN Circa pre-1845. 2 story, 13-room brick The home had been built earlier by Samuel Watkins (1794-1880). Watkins was a businessman and in his will made a bequest of money and land to found Watkins Institute. Washington Bogart Cooper (1802-1888) and Ann Litton Cooper (1806-1892) purchased the home and land from Nathaniel A. McNairy in 1845 which sat near the current Charlotte and Clifton Aves (current 507 20th Ave. North). The Coope

3021 Lealand Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1843. 2-story white clapboard home in Greek Revival style Photo by Www.78 Sunnyside/ Lee Monte/...

Cedar Hill was built by George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) and Harriet Stoddert Campbell (1788-1848) in 1843. Harriet was the...

Fifth Ave. North Nashville, TN Circa 1862. 2-story red brick Federal style George Henry Ratterman (1824-1898) came to Nashville from...

9th Ave. S. (present 167 Rosa Parks BL) Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. 3-story red brick Italianate townhouse Photo by Andrew Jameson The...

2900 Greenwood Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. Pontotoc along with Wyatt Hall had consistent Methodist Church ownership and ties. The first owner was Dr. Albert Henry (A.H.) Redford (1818-1884). Dr. Redford was a Methodist minister and chronicler of Methodist Church history. It was bought by Joseph Horton Fall (1848-1925) and Margaret Evans Fall (1851-1911) by the late 1870s. They married in 1873. He owned a prosperous hardware business. The Fall family had moved by 1885 to Sevent

Near 5101 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1846. (William) Byrd Douglas (1815-1882) grew up on his family estate, Farmwell, in Virginia. He met and married Martha Rebecca (Beverly) Bright (1819-1848) in Virginia in 1839. Nine years after their marriage, in 1848, they moved to Middle Tennessee and into their Richland Grove home with 375 acres near 5101 Charlotte Ave. It had been built two years earlier in 1846. Their land was primarily on the southern side of Charlotte Ave.

Photo by Cleveland Hall HOA Cleveland Hall has remained in the Donelson family from the start. The mansion has been part of the Donelson/...

2615 Franklin Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1836. 2-story Greek Revival with 4 column 2 story portico An engraving of Melrose The Barrow’s Melrose Mansion overlooked the southern end of what became the Melrose area of Franklin Rd. At the site today stands the Melrose Kroger and assorted small businesses. The estate stretched across the south Nashville countryside. Melrose was built in 1836 across from G. W. Cooper’s Mount Alban. Alexander Barrow (1808-1846), Nashville lawyer, U.S.

4200 Delaware Ave. Nashville, TN Circa by 1835. 2-story Italianate home Dr. Peyton Henderson Robertson (1787-1840) married Ellen Mordant...

Current address 3831 Whites Creek Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1835.2-story weatherboard house James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827. They had married in 1823. In 1834, they got 89 acres more. In 1842, he was elected magistrate of the Twenty-first District and served 2 terms. In a decade, by 1845, Whites Creek Turnpike was constructed. In 1860, the family had 330 acres. By James’ death, he left $50,000 to hi

Present day 5050 Hillsboro Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1811. 2-story Colonial style home Photo from Nashville Public Library, Special...

Westwood was built in 1804 by Thomas Deaderick. The mansion was off the Franklin Turnpike (Franklin Rd.) near the southern end of the Melrose community on 240 acres. Thomas Deaderick (1765-1831) married Julia Ann Daingerfield Deaderick (1735-1806) in 1790 in Winchester, VA and then moved to Tennessee - in 1802 to Mansker’s Station, and then shortly to Nashville. The Deaderick family was a prosperous one in Winchester, VA and migrated to Jonesborough, Knoxville and to Nashvill

Photo from BONPS Lealand was built by Judge John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) and Elizabeth B. Overton Lea (1826-1890) in 1884 at 1039 Tyne...

Somewhere on Granny White Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1885. Dunmore, was owned by Dr. Henry William Morgan (1853-1920) and Matilda “Tillie” Alloway Evans Morgan (1859-1928). They wed in 1880. Morgan was the son of dentist Dr. William Henry Morgan of Avondale. He was the first person to attend and graduate from Vanderbilt University’s medical school in 1875. He became Assistant Professor in the Dental Department in 1879 and from 1911-1918 was Dean of the department. Tillie was the

2250 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1832. 2.5 story Greek Revival mansion Belair / Belle Air was built on a grant of 1,000 acres from...