Route 1 (corner of Zion Rd. and Canaan Rd.) Columbia, TN Circa 1818. 2-story wood frame Federal home Dr. Samuel Mayes (1759-1849) and Mary Frierson Mayes (1776-1855) constructed the place. Samuel and Mary wed in 1797. They were part of a large migration of Scot-Irish settlers who moved from South Carolina to southern middle Tennessee and what became Maury County. They settled in what became the Zion community south of Columbia. Dr. Mayes purchased 5,000 acres of land from a g

401 Woodland St. Nashville, TN Circa 1882. 2-story red brick Victorian Robert Orr, Jr. (1871-1936) and Anne “Annie” Howell Orr (?-1962) built their home in East Nashville. Robert Orrs Sr. and Jr. bought into Orr, Mizzell & Murray, wholesale grocers on Market St. In the 1920s, Orr Jr. was president, bought the other principals out and renamed the company, Robert Orr & Co. Orr Jr. moved the company to 164-68 2nd Ave. North and became president and ceo. Walton Cunningham was the