It was a wedding gift from William to Corinne. Hillside, owned by William “Will” Luther Bigelow Lawrence (1828-1902) and Corinne Hayes Lawrence (1836-1914), was built in 1856. It was located on the Middle Franklin Turnpike (present day 12th Avenue South / Granny White Pike further south) and south of Caldwell Ave. The house likely stood where the current Hillside Apartments stand today. The farm stretched roughly from Acklen Ave. to the north, 12th Ave. South on the east, Ash

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

Near Rains Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1784 blockhouse/ unk Woodycrest home Capt. Rains was an early “long hunter” in the future Kentucky and Tennessee areas about 1770 along with Kasper Mansker and others. About 10 years later, the Rains were traveling to the (then) western North Carolina frontier. They met and joined the Robertson group, and came to Ft. Nashborough. In 1784, Capt. John Rains (1753-1834) and Christina Gowens Rains (1752-1826) settled a 640-acre Revolutionary Wa