Poplar Grove/ Tree Lawn: Franklin almost named Marthasville
Current: New Highway 96 & Founders Pointe BL Franklin, TN Circa late 1790s. Dogtrot cabin to small house to larger home Abraham "Abram"...
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Jay Brothers
Jun 61 min read
Riverview: Bye bye because of I-65
Near Murfreesboro Rd. and Hwy 96. Circa 1820 Built by John Nichols (1789-1863) and Elizabeth McCown Nichols (1799-1881). They wed in...
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Jay Brothers
Jun 51 min read
Hightower Place/ Buck Davis Place
Old Wilson PK south of Old Smyrna Rd. in the current Corondele subdivision. Circa 1800 Richard R. Hightower (1764-1820) and Nancy L....
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Jay Brothers
Apr 292 min read
Highland Hall: Reams Fleming Homeplace
Off Arno Rd. Williamson County, TN Circa 1840-45. Large 4-story brick mansion From lovelyfranklin.com Highland Hall was built between...
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Jay Brothers
Feb 5, 20232 min read
H.H. Mayberry House/ Riverview (Spendored)
Highway 31 north of Franklin Franklin, TN Circa original ?/ renovated 1901. ?/ 2-story Neo-classical Photo by Skye Marthaler The Henry H....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 28, 20232 min read
Harris-McEwen House: Bunch of Franklin history
612 Fair Street Franklin, TN Circa 1830. Image from Visit Franklin site Carey Allen Harris, Sr. (1805-1842) built the home on 11 acres....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 28, 20233 min read
Homestead Manor: Early Thompson's Station & 3 Daughters Wed 3 Brothers!
The Giddens and the Buford families were close - offspring married one another. Three Giddens sisters wed three Buford brothers and one...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 28, 20231 min read
Mark Montgomery Andrews Place
Lewisburg Pk Franklin, TN Circa 1812. 2-story log home Henry B. Reams (1786-1836) and Sarah “Sally” North Reams (1795-1835) built this...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Carnton
Photo by Landry76 Carnton was built by Randal McGavock (1766-1843) and Sarah Dougherty Rodgers McGavock (1786-1854) in 1826 as a red...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Joseph Wilson House
The Joseph Wilson House was built at 367 Clovercroft Rd. - Clovercroft and Wilson Pk. - as a 2 story frame home in Greek Revival style....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20234 min read
Windermere: Part of the Eastern Flank of the Battle of Franklin
1344 Carnton Lane Franklin, TN Circa 1887 - unclear whether there was a structure existing . Originally a 1-story Eastlake gable home -...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Locust Valley/ Walker's Bend/ River Grange: Arabian Horse Farm
3050 Del Rio Pike Franklin, TN Circa 1825. Locust Valley, et al was the third Perkins home constructed and was built by Col. Nicholas...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Brentwood Hall/ Ellington Agricultural Center - Part of Rogers Caldwell's Legend
Photo from Tenn. State Lib.Arcgives Rogers Clark Caldwell (1890-1968) was an important, influential and controversial figure in Tennessee...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Cox House @ Harpeth Academy: One of the last Mansions built in 1800s Franklin
Photo by Skye Marthaler In 1891, Nicholas Nichol Cox (1837-1912) and Mary “Mollie” Slayden Cox (1841-1925) built this mansion at 150...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20231 min read
John H. Hunter House/ Rivers Meet/ McCullough House - Early Leipers Fork Settler
In 1875, Col. John Henry Hunter (1828-1906) and Martha M. Bennett Hunter (1838-1923) built their home at the intersection of Old Highway...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
William Felix Webb House/ Parks Place
Parks Place / William Felix Webb House was built between 1864 and 1872 in College Grove off Nolensville Rd. - current address is 6548 Cox...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Winstead House/ Abbey Leix Mansion/ Franklin Grove Estate & Gardens
Winstead House / Abbey Leix Mansion was built about 1868 on South Margin St. in Franklin. Photo by Skye Marthaler William O’Neal Perkins...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20231 min read
Seward Hall (Garden Hill)
John Ewing Hill (1829-1864) and Sarah Elizabeth Buchanan Hill (1833-1870) wed in 1851. Photo by Skye Marthaler In 1854, they built their...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Lotz House
Lotz House was built in 1858 by Johann Albert Lotz (1820-1905) and Margaretha Lotz and located at 1111 Columbia Ave. Photo by Skye...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Inglehame/ Harpeth
1808 Wilson Pike Brentwood, TN Circa 1858. Inglehame / Harpeth was built by James Hazard Wilson II and Emeline Wilson on the headwaters...
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