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Jay Brothers
Aug 23, 20243 min read
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 6, 20241 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
Apr 29, 20242 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)
151 Franklin Rd./ Highway 31 (north of Franklin) Franklin, TN Circa 1902. 2-story brick and stucco Neo-classical Photo by Skye Marthaler...
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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 23, 20233 min read
Carnton
1345 Eastern Flank Cir. Franklin, TN Circa 1826. 2-story red brick Federal home Photo by Landry76 Carnton was built by Randal McGavock...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Joseph Wilson House
367 Clovercroft Rd. Brentwood, TN Circa 1861. 2-story frame Greek Revival style The Joseph Wilson House was built at Clovercroft Rd. and...
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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, 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)
Liberty Pike Franklin, TN Circa 1854. 2-story red brick Greek Revival home. John Ewing Hill (1829-1864) and Sarah Elizabeth Buchanan Hill...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Lotz House
1111 Columbia Ave. Franklin, TN Circa 1858. 2-story wood Greek Revival style home Lotz House was built by Johann Albert Lotz (1820-1905)...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
William S. Campbell House/ Magnolia Hall
Photo by Skye Marthaler The William S. Campbell House / Magnolia Hall was built about 1840 at 600 Boyd Mill Ave. off Hwy 96 in Franklin....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Hadleywood/ Green Pastures
Hadleywood / Green Pastures, was built in 1840 by Hwy 31A in the Little Harpeth Valley in northern Williamson County. In 1821, Denny...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Everbright: Business and BGA ties
Everbright was built in modified Greek Revival style in 1840 on a hill overlooking Carter’s Creek Pike just south of the Franklin square...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Samuel B. Lee House/ Maplewood Farm
3085 Duplex-Spring Hill Rd. Franklin, TN Circa 1835. 2-story frame home. Samuel Brown Lee, Sr. (1768-1865) and Susan Amanda Napier Lee...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Cedarmont
Cedarmont, one of Williamson County’s most beautiful homes, was built about 1816 on Lynch Rd. (now 2030 Cedarmont Rd.) in Franklin. The...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Locust Guard
Located on Moran Road by the Big Harpeth River, Locust Guard was built by Joseph Motheral (1791-1872) and Anness Lea Williams Motheral...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Franklin Hardeman House/ Sugar Hill
This 2 story brick Greek Revival mansion was built in 1835. Franklin “Frank” Hardeman (1815-1878) and Catherine Carson Wilson Hardeman...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20231 min read
Foxview
Foxview was built in 1835 in Brentwood on Old Smyrna Rd.(current address 9134) by Alexander Ewing Sneed (1812-1852) on land received from...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Ashlawn: A Brentwood Landmark
902 Franklin Pike Brentwood, TN Circa 1832. 3- story Greek Revival mansion Ashlawn, built in 1832 by Richard Christmas (1805-1841) & Mary...
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