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Jay Brothers
Jan 92 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 12 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 31, 20242 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Dec 25, 20242 min read
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
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Jay Brothers
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20242 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Aug 26, 20241 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Jul 18, 20241 min read
Burlington (Abbott-Martin Rd.)
Originally Abbott Lane (current Abbott-Martin Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1932. The Armistead family built their bucolic estate down Abbott...
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Jay Brothers
Jun 16, 20241 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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/...
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Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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 &...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 29, 20232 min read
Wilmor Manor: Where the Streetcar line ended - Wilson Switch
Wilson BL at Harding Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1905. 3-story Modern Colonial style Wilmor Manor was built in 1905 for Col. Benjamin...
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