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Graystone: 1st of Daniel's Homes
2015 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1907. Beautiful 2-story Italianate graystone home Judge J. B. T. Daniel and his first wife built...
Jay Brothers
Mar 211 min read
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Hedgerow Hill (Mayhew-Johnston Res)/ Glimpse of Glory
1326 Page Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1937/ renovated 1972. 2-story home with Colonial Williamsburg and Natchez styles Hedgerow Hill was...
Jay Brothers
Jan 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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Henry Compton/ Compton-Blackie House
current 1645 Tyne BL Nashville, TN Circa 1819. 2-story log and frame home Earliest surviving Compton family home in Nashville area Henry...
Jay Brothers
Dec 31, 20242 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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Sharp-Crabb Home: One of first in Hillsboro Village
1701 18th Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1911. 2-story Dutch Colonial Revival style with stepped gable ends Robert Sharp (1851-1920) and...
Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Wesley Wheless Mansion: Part of Early Edgefield community
East of Edgefield along Cumberland River Nashville, TN Circa 1857. 2- story Gothic Revival Villa style mansion Image of Wheless' Gothic...
Jay Brothers
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Norwood/ Father Ryan High School
780 Norwood Dr. Nashville, TN Circa 1939/40 The home was part of the Thompson estate from Glen Leven and just made the timeline for...
Jay Brothers
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Boyd House: Saved on Fisk Campus
1603 Meharry BL Nashville, TN Circa 1915-20. 2-story red brick with Doric columns Located on the Fisk Univ. campus, the Boyd House has...
Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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General Stuff: Winn's Inn, Harding Pike paved, Hwy 100 Reroute
Early tavern: Maj. Wm T. Lewis (Fairfield) owned an early "hostelry" in 1796. It was just NE of Nashville's Public Square. By 1806, it...
Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20241 min read
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Fairview 1 & 2 (in Green Hills)
3901 Hillsboro Rd. (Corner of Abbott Martin Rd) Nashville, TN About 1913. Large 2 story wood plantation home. Fairvew (Green Hills circa...
Jay Brothers
Aug 22, 20241 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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Henry Harding's Edgehill home
1434 14th Ave. South Nashville, TN (Edgehill area) Circa 1910. (James) Henry Harding (1825-1888) purchased a home in the Edgehill area...
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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William Edmonson: First African-American show at Met Mus. of Art
1434 14th Ave. South (Edgehill area) Nashville, TN Circa 1935. \William Edmondson House was inhabited by the late blooming artist/...
Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Glen Leven Farm: A Thompson Family home
4000 Franklin Pike Nashville, TN 1790 Blockhouse/ Circa 1857. 2-story Federal style home Photo by Mark Mosrie The property was settled in...
Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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Craighead House: Another Connection to Earliest Nashville on the West side
Current 3710 Westbrook Ave. (just off West End Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1809. 2-story brick Federal style. Jonathan Friar Robertson...
Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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Sylvan Hall/ Sugar Tree Grove/ William D. Philips Home
Dickerson Pike (originally Dickerson Meeting House Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1791/ rebuilt 1804 or 1808. Wood cabin/ then 3-story Greek...
Jay Brothers
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House/ Fountain Blue
908 Meridian St. Nashville, TN Circa 1840. 2-story Federal style home. The McGavock-Gatewood-Webb House was built on Meridian St in East...
Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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Hillhurst: A North Nashville landmark into the 1970s
Hillhurst Dr. (between I-65 and Dickerson Pike) Nashville, TN Circa 1851. Large 2-story Greek Revival style Image from Beautiful Homes &...
Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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