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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Cedar Hill/ George Washington Campbell House
Cedar Hill was built by George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) and Harriet Stoddert Campbell (1788-1848) in 1843. Harriet was the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Bellfield: Ties to Robertson, Davis & DeMoss families
4200 Delaware Ave. Nashville, TN Circa by 1835. 2-story Italianate home Dr. Peyton Henderson Robertson (1787-1840) married Ellen Mordant...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Cedarwood/ Cedar Shadow
James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827 (current location: 3831...
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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, 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, 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, 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 10, 20232 min read
Glen Echo at Spring Hill Farm
Glen Echo, built about 1794 by Rev. Thomas Brown Craighead (1750-1824), was located on Gallatin Rd. (between present K-Mart and Briley...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Grey Walls: Early Green Hills Family
Thomas Howard (T.H.) Estes (1880-1966) and Sarah Willis Newsom Estes (1875-1962) moved from East Nashville in 1924 to the country south...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Wildings: Beginnings of Cheekwood Gardens
Wildings was built in the early 1920s at 1925 East Greenwood Ave. (Eastland Ave. was originally Vaughn Pike.) Photo from Beautiful Homes...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Bonaventure: Offshoot of Honeywood Farm
The large red brick house was built in 1911 by Charles Clay Trabue (1872-1942) and Julia Malone Trabue (1874-1976). It sat on 15 acres...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 12, 20221 min read
Robincroft/ Timothy Demonbreun Home
Robincroft / Timothy Demonbreun House built in 1906 was owned by Thomas M. Robinson and Annie Robinson. Photo by Nyttend He was a...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Elmwood (Elm Hill) (Davidson Co.)
Elmwood was built in 1860 near Franklin Pike by William Wells (W.W.) Berry (1812-1878) and Jane Eliza White Berry (1820-1905). Photo from...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20223 min read
(River View)/ Fortland at Fortland Farms
Photo from Tennessee State Library and Archives River View was built in 1855 near the present Riverside Dr. and Eastland Ave. for Hiram...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Buddeke-Byrne House
The first mansion in what soon became Germantown west of the capitol, the Buddeke-Byrne House stood at the corner of Vine and Monroe Sts....
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Jay Brothers
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Kingsley: Connections to Many Families and one of the Few Fences after the Civil War
Thomas Seawell King (1786-1851) received a 640-acre land grant for military service to the young United States of America. The lands were...
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Jay Brothers
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Three Terraces: Miss Ellen's "Almost" Nashville Home
2006 Lombardy St. (off Hillsboro Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa started 1920 & completed 1930s. 2-story red brick home Photo from Redfin.com...
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Jay Brothers
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Lindon Mansion at Montgomery Hill: South of Belmont Plantation
Lindon Mansion was owned by Col. Alexander Barclay (A.B.)”Alex” Montgomery (1802-1885) and his wife, Davidella Flournoy Montgomery...
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