In 1920, Herman Oscar Blackwood (1883-1931) and Josephine Mae “Josie” Bellamy Blackwood (1885-1961) built their home on four acres on the rise above the village of Green Hills. About five years prior, the Concrete Boulevard (Woodmont BL) had been cut through farmland including the Puryear and Hampton farms ending at the hill at Hillsboro Rd. (for awhile). Soon, Woodmont BL continued across the northern Green Hills area across to the southern end of the Melrose area at Frankl

Wild Acres was bought by John Bernice (J.B.) Henderson, Sr. (1885-1966) and Ceacy Constance Doolion Henderson (1892-1968) about 1920. Comprising about 508 acres, it was on Porter Rd. and sat behind Riverwood in the Inglewood area. The land included what became Cornelia Fort Airpark. The Henderson family lived there for 40 years until the 1960s. J.B. prospered as owner and president of Southwestern Publishing Company of which he purchased controlling interest in 1921. He had b

Ridgeview was built in 1930 by Frank Mitchell Farris, Sr. 1890-1950) on 50 acres on Granny White Pike near Overton Lea Rd. and Tyne Blvd. He married Mary Frances Lellyett (1893-1967) in 1914. [Farris’ father Willis M. Farris was killed while on the train involved in the infamous 1918 Dutchman’s Curve train disaster. Frank used the settlement from his father’s death to fund Third National Bank.] Farris started at Nashville’s State Bank and Trust Co. and eventually opened his o

Photo by Andrew Jameson 1109 First Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1921.2-story red brick with columned front porch As he neared retirement, Meharry Medical College and its donors built this home in 1921 for Meharry Medical College’s first president, George Whipple Hubbard (1841-1924 ) and his wife Sarah Anne "Annie" Lyons Hubbard (1825-1941). They wed in 1870. Having taught in various capacities during his life, in 1876, Hubbard opened the Meharry Medical Department of Centr

The 2 story brick French Regency home stands at 104 Lynwood Blvd with large acreage at the corner of Lynwood and Harding Rd. Image from...

This 2 story Colonial home on 3 acres was built by Dr. Horace C. Gayden (1896-1975) and Helen Lenore Roberts Gayden (1903-1963) in the mid 1920s. It was located near the current address 2025 Woodmont Blvd on the hill across from Gray Walls at Hillsboro Rd. and Woodmont Blvd - across from the present-day Woodmont Christian Church. In 1921, Dr. Gayden was a physician for the Tennessee Industrial School. He married Helen in 1922. Later Dr. Gayden had a urology practice on Church

Photo from Redfin Lone Oak was built in 1925 by Willam L. “Will” Horn was constructed of stone in English country manor style at 4306...

Photo by Nyttend The J. B. Daniel Home/ Women’s Club of Nashville was built in 1927-1929 by Judge (John) Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963)...

Pennington Bend in Madison Nashville, TN Circa 1928. Norman-style stone home Sherwood Forest was built on the bank of the Cumberland River in Madison near the top of Pennington Bend by Newman L. Cheek (1896-1979) and Sarah Richardson Johnson Cheek (?-1971). The home was a Norman-style stone home with a slate roof and turret. Behind the house was Cheek Lake and gardens until reaching the riverfront. Cheek was the youngest son of Joel Cheek, Sr., founder of Maxwell House Coffee

Sarah Gladys “Saidee” Cheney Williams Overton (1872-1963) built Beauvoir about 1930. It is my impression that Beauvoir was located in the hills off Tyne BL near Tyne Valley Rd and near Maxwell Ct. She was the widow of Jesse M. Overton. The year of 1922 was terrible for the Overton family: Father Jesse was killed in an auto crash and their son, John Williams Overton, was killed in action in World War I. Then later, about 1943, their daughter was killed in a car crash on her ho

Photo by Skye Marthaler Stone Hall, built for Dempsey W. Cantrell (1880-1965) and Nora Johnson Cantrell (1882-1959) in 1918, is located...

810 Jackson BL Nashville, TN Circa 1917. 3-story Georgian style mansion Boxwood sits at the corner of Jackson Blvd and Harding Place and...

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...

801 Curtiswood Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1916. (James) Granberry Jackson, Sr.(1873-1940) and Margaret Lytton Early Jackson (1874-1938)...

Formerly 1700 Woodmont BL Nashville, TN Circa 1915. Yellow brick Classic Revival style home Following a trend to move to the fashionable...

Near Glenwood Ave. Nashville, TN Circa early 1800s The oldest part of the house incorporated Nolen’s Station blockhouse which had been...

206 Clarendon Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story French style home in stucco Deerfield was built by Johnson and Annie Dudley Bransford (formerly of Edgewood) in 1915 in Belle Meade. They built a 2 story home in stucco on 20 acres. He had moved the family to Belle Meade to help develop the Belle Meade Plantation land and because the west side of the city was growing. They named the home Deerfield for the area of the plantation they built. In 1947, the Bransfords were involved

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

2601 Hillsboro Pike (near Woodlawn Dr.) Nashville, TN Circa 1914. 2 story brick with wings The land had been part of the Thompson’s...

Judge John Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963) and Theresa Pendleton Daniel (1867-1913) constructed their home at 3700 Whitland Ave. in...