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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Buena Vista/ St. Cecilia Motherhouse: The Sisters Are Still There
Looking from their new home, the Becks had a “buena vista,” a good view in Spanish. They could look north over the fertile bottomlands...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Lockeland Mansion/ Chadwell Place : Home of Lockeland Springs water
Photo: Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Lockeland Mansion, built in 1810 by Col. Robert L. Weakley (1764-1845) and Jane...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Westwood (Melrose area): Deaderick Bros; then Woods Brothers, West Sisters Unite
Westwood was built in 1804 by Thomas Deaderick. The mansion was off the Franklin Turnpike (Franklin Rd.) near the southern end of the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Petway House/ Airdrie/ Buell-King House
William Caldwell built this home at (the current 3210) Avenal Ave near the Glencliff area from 1797-1808. It was on a 140 acre land...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 15, 20235 min read
Peach Blossom (Whitworth): The Nucleus of a Bunch of West Nashville
Was 215 Craighead Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1803. Originally 2-story brick Georgian mansion Peach Blossom was built by Capt. Joseph Erwin...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Lealand: A Storied Estate
Photo from BONPS Lealand was built by Judge John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) and Elizabeth B. Overton Lea (1826-1890) in 1884 at 1039 Tyne...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20231 min read
Dunmore
Dunmore, built on Granny White Pike (location unclear), was owned by Dr. Henry William Morgan (1853-1920) and Matilda “Tillie” Alloway...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Belair/ Belle Air (Lebanon Pike): A Harding Daughter wedding gift
2250 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1832. 2.5 story Greek Revival mansion Belair / Belle Air was built on a grant of 1,000 acres from...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Casa Loma
Settling on the southwestern outskirts of Nashville, Brent Spence (1796-1868) and Elizabeth Shute Spence (1799-?) built Casa Loma in 1831...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Woodstock (2)(Woods/ James Bradford): A Marvelous Spread between the Pikes
Was near current 2300 Eighth Ave. South (old Middle Franklin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1830s. 2-story Greek Revival style mansion...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Boscobel: A Shelby Gift
Boscobel was located in East Nashville on Sevier St. near South Seventh on a corner of the Shelby estate. Photo from Nashville blogspot...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Vaucluse
Vaucluse was built in 1825 in what became known as Hadley Bend by Dr. John “Dr. Jack” Livingston Hadley (1788-1870) and Amelia Hadley...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Samuel B. Davidson Home
The home was built at 1015 Davidson Dr. at the corner of Charlotte Ave. about 1825. It was a 3 story Italianate style. Samuel B....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Mount Alban/ Breeze Hill/ Vaulx-Scribner Resid.
Was located on Franklin PK (near 2615 Franklin PK) near Kirkwood Ave. Circa 1822. 2-story white brick Greek Revival home Mount Alban/...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Alexander Ewing House/ Woodlon Hall
5101 Buena Vista Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1821. 2-story early Federal style home Woodlon Hall was built by Alexander Ewing (1752-1822)...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Shelby Hall/ Fatherland: Pioneer settler and doc in East Nashville
Shelby Hall hosted one of the most storied Nashville families in Nashville history. Dr. John and Anna Maria Shelby were important...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Weakley-Truett-Clark House/ Fairfax Hall: Rosebank Nursery owners
Weakley-Truett-Clark House/ Fairfax Hall is located at 415 Rosebank Ave in East Nashville. It was built in Federal style in 1820 by...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Burlington/ Father Ryan High School
Burlington was built by former mayor and Nashville silversmith Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779-1856) and wife Elizabeth Odum Elliston...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Mitchell House - Part of Castle Heights history
Photo by Brian Stansberry Part of the campus of the former Castle Heights Military Academy on West Main St. in Lebanon, Mitchell House is...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20231 min read
I.W.P. Buchanan House
428 West Main St., Lebanon Built from 1894-1897. It is a two and one-half story Victorian Queen Anne style house Photo by Brian...
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