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Hillside: Another Wedding Gift
It was a wedding gift from William to Corinne. Hillside, owned by William “Will” Luther Bigelow Lawrence (1828-1902) and Corinne Hayes...
Jay Brothers
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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Edgewood: Eastern Edge of Nashville (at the time)
719 North Twelfth St. Nashville, TN Circa 1854. 2-story grey brick home with a central cupola Photo from Tennessee State Library and...
Jay Brothers
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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Cedarwood/ Cedar Shadow
James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827 (current location: 3831...
Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 15, 20235 min read
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Dunmore
Dunmore, built on Granny White Pike (location unclear), was owned by Dr. Henry William Morgan (1853-1920) and Matilda “Tillie” Alloway...
Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20231 min read
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Casa Loma
Settling on the southwestern outskirts of Nashville, Brent Spence (1796-1868) and Elizabeth Shute Spence (1799-?) built Casa Loma in 1831...
Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Jan 10, 20232 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 15, 20221 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 15, 20221 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 14, 20222 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 9, 20223 min read
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(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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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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....
Jay Brothers
Dec 7, 20222 min read
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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...
Jay Brothers
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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