Fairmont/ John Smiser House
Mooresville Pike Columbia, TN Circa 1831-37. 3-story mansion in both Greek Revival and Federal influences Fairmont on Mooresville Pike in...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Elm Springs: Nice Fraternal Wedding Gift for Sally!
Photo by rossograph Sarah Dick had two very loving and wealthy brothers - James and Nathaniel Dick - who had plantations around Louisiana...
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
Vine Hill (Maury Co.)
Vine Hill is located in the Cross Bridges area (current address is 3331 N. Cross Bridges Rd.) and built in Greek Revival style about 1836...
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Jan 16, 20231 min read
Wilson Place
Robert Wilson (1774-1851) and Charlotte Anne Armstrong Wilson (1805-1874) built this 3 story Greek Revival home on Greene Rd. in 1834....
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
Mayes-Frierson House
305 West Sixth St. Columbia, TN Circa 1834. Similar to the Athenaeum Rectory. Photo by Juston House Patrick Maguire, a very successful...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Hamilton Place/ Polk-Yeatman Home
Columbia Hwy Columbia, TN Circa 1832. 2-story red brick Georgian with front porticos 1st & 2nd floor Hamilton Place/ Polk-Yeatman Home...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Mulberry Hill/ Meadowlands
Royal Ferguson built this mansion at 1818 Hampshire Pike in 1828. Ferguson was among the early settlers and entrepreneurs who started the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Whippoorwill Hills: The Music of Birds
Andrew Marshall Kerr, Sr. (1786-1864) and Clotida Moreen Kerr (1794-1854) built Whippoorwill Hills starting in 1824 and additions were...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Walnut Grove/ Sabra Lawrence Home - Woman-owned & managed
Walnut Grove is a special property: Built for a woman and the farm managed by a woman. Willis Henry Boddie (1788-1841) accumulated over...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
Dr. Samuel Mayes Home/ Old Mayes Place
Corner of Zion Rd. and Canaan Rd. - now Rout 1. Circa 1818. 2-story wood frame Federal home Dr. Samuel Mayes (1759-1849) and Mary...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
Mercer Hall: Another Episcopal tie
Photo from Library of Congress Mercer Hall, located in Columbia at 902 Mercer Court, was built in 1838 for Dr. William Leacock, an...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
Skipwith Hall/ Oakwood Hall
Photo by russograph Skipwith Hall/ Oakwood Hall is located at 2366 Williamsport Pike near Columbia. It was built in 1816 as a 2.5 story...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20231 min read
Polk Home: Columbia keeps Pres. Polk's Legacy Alive
Polk Home was built in 1816 at 301 West 7th St. in Columbia. Samuel (1772-1827) and Jane Knox Polk (1776-1852) had moved their family...
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Jan 11, 20232 min read
Webster Hall farm
Photo by Skye Marthaler Jonathan Webster (1767-1843) and Sarah Jossey Webster (1783-1830) married in 1805. (Jonathan’s first wife was...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Ewell Farm - Home of "the widow Brown" and Gen. Ewell
Depot Lane Columbia, TN Circa 1810/ renovated 1867. Renovated to Italianate villa style Photo by Hal Jesperson Sitting on an initial...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Antrim Farm - 1st Brick House south of Duck River
Photo from Visit Columbia When Rev. Joseph Brown inherited land in what became Maury Co. and then purchased more, he settled his family...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read
Lipscomb Place
3200 North Cross Bridges Rd. Columbia, TN Circa 1838. 2-story wood home Maj. George W. Lipscomb (1813-1888) and Mary Clarissa Erwin...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Ashwood Hall: Keeping it in the family
Ashwood Hall was built in Columbia between 1833-1837 for Bishop Leonidas Polk (1806-1864) and Frances “Fanny” Ann Devereux Polk. Photo...
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Jay Brothers
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Rally Hill: War of 1812 Gathering Point
Photo by rossograph Rally Hill, built by James H. Walker (1792-1864) & Jane Maria Polk Walker (1798-1876) in 1840. Nestled on the block...
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Jay Brothers
Nov 18, 20222 min read
George Webster House/ Babcock Home/ Liberty Hall
The George Webster House was built in 1844 near the Cross Bridges area on Sawdust Rd. (current address is 3034 Hampshire Pk) by George...
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