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Wilran (R. T. Wilson House): Down the Street from Wilson Family
4215 Richland Turnpike (current Harding Rd.) (current Windsor Towers Apartments) Nashville, TN Circa 1885. 2-story white brick Colonial...
Jay Brothers
Mar 102 min read
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Simmons-Herrin Home/ Brighwood/ Bright Acres: Pre-Forrest Hills
1510/20 Old Hickory BL Brentwood, TN Circa 1846. Large 2-story Greek Revival home Dr. Green Jones Simmons (1813-1897) purchased 190 acres...
Jay Brothers
Jan 12 min read
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Julius B. Weil House (now Metropolitan Apartments)
J.B. Weil House on Harding Rd. Vacant. Then Windsor Towers constructed. Daughter Peggy Weil Steine, prominent civic, political, arts support
Jay Brothers
Dec 25, 20242 min read
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Burlington (Abbott-Martin Rd.)
Originally Abbott Lane (current Abbott-Martin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1932. The Armistead family built their bucolic estate down Abbott...
Jay Brothers
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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Boxwood Hall (Chickering Rd.): First Fleming Home
1317 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1939. One of the last historic homes to make the HTH list cutoff of 1939. Boxwood Hall was built...
Jay Brothers
Jun 16, 20241 min read
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Currey Hill to Rose Park: A Hill of Change
1000 Edgehill Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1800. Large 2-story home The spot of Nashville has seen so much change: Currey Hill to Meridian...
Jay Brothers
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Goochland: Vandy Ties
North Jefferson Pike (no longer exists) Built in 1842. 2 story red brick Greek Revival Dr. John Claiborne Gooch (1800-1853) and Elizabeth...
Jay Brothers
May 22, 20242 min read
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Devon Farm/ Harpeth/ Oak Hill/ now Ensworth High School
7401 Highway 100 Nashville, TN Circa 1795. 1.5 story brick farmhouse Devon Farm was built by Capt. John L. Davis (1770-1853) just off the...
Jay Brothers
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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Cheekwood: Coffee and Arts are Good!
Cheekwood, built by Leslie Cheek, Sr. (1875-1935) & Mabel Wood Cheek (1874-1946) in 1932, is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive off Page...
Jay Brothers
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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Rutlege-Baxter Place/ Rose Hill/ now Foundations Nashville
101 Lea Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1813. Original 1-story brick Federal/ renovated 1820s & 1860s Photo by Nashville Post Rutledge-Baxter...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read
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Ravenscroft
5925 Ragland Dr. (near Franklin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1892 Ravenscroft was built near Franklin Rd. on part of Judge Overton’s...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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Ingleside: The Stone House at the Northern Edge of Green Hills
Sharing land with Trinity Presbyterian Church since 1944, Ingleside sits at 3201 Hillsboro Rd. This 2 story stone house was originally...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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One Hundred Oaks: From Farm to Restaurant to 2nd Suburban Mall
The oldest son of Col. Henry and Ida Dickinson, Henry Dickinson, Jr. (1908-1951) inherited a portion of the Brightwood estate south of...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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Wild Acres (The Henderson Farm) (Davidson Co.)
Wild Acres was bought by John Bernice (J.B.) Henderson, Sr. (1885-1966) and Ceacy Constance Doolion Henderson (1892-1968) about 1920....
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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Ridgeview: Farris & Third National Bank
Ridgeview was built in 1930 by Frank Mitchell Farris, Sr. 1890-1950) on 50 acres on Granny White Pike near Overton Lea Rd. and Tyne Blvd....
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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Hubbard House: Last Building from Original Meharrry campus
Photo by Andrew Jameson As he neared retirement, Meharry Medical College and its donors built this home in 1921 for Meharry Medical...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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Brook Hill: Heckuva History-Warner, Owen, Eskind
The 2 story brick French Regency home stands at 104 Lynwood Blvd with large acreage at the corner of Lynwood and Harding Rd. Image from...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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Graymont: One of Two Homes at the top of Green Hills
This 2 story Colonial home on 3 acres was built by Dr. Horace C. Gayden (1896-1975) and Helen Lenore Roberts Gayden (1903-1963) in the...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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Lone Oak
Photo from Redfin Lone Oak was built in 1925 by Willam L. “Will” Horn was constructed of stone in English country manor style at 4306...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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J. B. Daniel Home/ Women's Club of Nashville: Daniel's 2nd Residence
Photo by Nyttend The J. B. Daniel Home/ Women’s Club of Nashville was built in 1927-1929 by Judge (John) Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963)...
Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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