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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Glenstrae: Battle of Nashville Fighting and Faulkner's Fancy
Near Glenwood Ave. Nashville, TN Circa early 1800s The oldest part of the house incorporated Nolen’s Station blockhouse which had been...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Deerfield: The Branfords move West
206 Clarendon Nashville, TN Circa 1913. 2-story French style home in stucco Deerfield was built by Johnson and Annie Dudley Bransford...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Bonnie Brae/ Sharon Hill
Built at 2601 Hillsboro Pike, Bonnie Brae/ Sharon Hill was a 2 story brick with wings. The land had been part of the Thompson’s Edgehill...
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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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Lynnmeade: Overlooking Harding Rd. and St. George's Church
The French Chateau style mansion was built in 1913 at 105 Lynwood Blvd for John H. and Grace Carpenter, and its famous (deteriorating)...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20231 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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20233 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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 22, 20232 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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 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...
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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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20233 min read
Longleat: Between the Hardings and the Comptons
By 1928, life was going well for Thomas J. Tyne. His company, National Life and Accident Insurance Company, was doing well, and it had...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20232 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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read
Wayside: Brothers Wed Sisters & Live Adjacent
Built by Alexander Samuel Caldwell (1857-1905) and Margaret L. “Maggie” Winston Caldwell (1862-1933) in 1897, Wayside was a 2 story house...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 21, 20231 min read
Marymount on the Cumberland: A Bishop's Retreat
Photo from George Zepp The mansion was built in 1895 by Julius Zwicker, a Nashville architect. He designed the Silver Dollar Saloon in...
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