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Jay Brothers
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Ridgefield: Overlooked Belle Meade Theatre
Ridgefield was purchased by Anthony “Tony” Sudekum (1879-1946) and Nettie Elizabeth Fessler Sudekum (1882-1963) in the early 1920s on...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 25, 20234 min read
Devon Farm/ Harpeth/ Oak Hill/ now Ensworth High School
7401 Highway 100 Nashville, TN Circa 1795. 1.5 story brick farmhouse Devon Farm was built by Capt. John L. Davis (1770-1853) just off the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Mansfield House: Whig & Psychology
Was at 915 Blanton Ave. (off Murfreesboro Rd. west of Spence Lane) Nashville, TN Circa 1816 Mansfield was built Robert Coleman Foster...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Historic Travellers Rest-Nashville's oldest historic home museum
Traveller’s Rest, home of Judge John Overton (1766-1833), was built Federal style in 1799 on the west fork of Mill Creek about seven...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Hunters Hill: Ties with WLAC and Female Suffrage
5401 Hillsboro Pk Nashville, TN Circa 1928. 2-story Tudor Revival style of weathered stone Hunters Hill was built by Guilford Dudley,...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Belleforest/ Mrs. Edward B. Craig House: What National Life Money Built
Photo by Skye Marthaler 1418 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN Circa 1935. 2-story French Chateau home Belleforest (Mrs. Edward B.Craig House)...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
R. E. Martin Home/Castlewood (Davidson Co.): Originally part of Tyne estate
30 Castlewood Court (orig. 5901 Hillsboro Rd.) Nashville, TN Circa 1931. Tudor Revival style Richard E. Martin, a local builder, and his...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
One Hundred Oaks: From Farm to Restaurant to 2nd Suburban Mall
The oldest son of Col. Henry and Ida Dickinson, Henry Dickinson, Jr. (1908-1951) inherited a portion of the Brightwood estate south of...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Herman O. Blackwood Home: Top of Green Hills
In 1920, Herman Oscar Blackwood (1883-1931) and Josephine Mae “Josie” Bellamy Blackwood (1885-1961) built their home on four acres on the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Wild Acres (The Henderson Farm) (Davidson Co.)
Wild Acres was bought by John Bernice (J.B.) Henderson, Sr. (1885-1966) and Ceacy Constance Doolion Henderson (1892-1968) about 1920....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Ridgeview: Farris & Third National Bank
Ridgeview was built in 1930 by Frank Mitchell Farris, Sr. 1890-1950) on 50 acres on Granny White Pike near Overton Lea Rd. and Tyne Blvd....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Hubbard House: Last Building from Original Meharrry campus
Photo by Andrew Jameson As he neared retirement, Meharry Medical College and its donors built this home in 1921 for Meharry Medical...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Brook Hill: Heckuva History-Warner, Owen, Eskind
The 2 story brick French Regency home stands at 104 Lynwood Blvd with large acreage at the corner of Lynwood and Harding Rd. Image from...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Graymont: One of Two Homes at the top of Green Hills
This 2 story Colonial home on 3 acres was built by Dr. Horace C. Gayden (1896-1975) and Helen Lenore Roberts Gayden (1903-1963) in the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Lone Oak
Photo from Redfin Lone Oak was built in 1925 by Willam L. “Will” Horn was constructed of stone in English country manor style at 4306...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
J. B. Daniel Home/ Women's Club of Nashville: Daniel's 2nd Residence
Photo by Nyttend The J. B. Daniel Home/ Women’s Club of Nashville was built in 1927-1929 by Judge (John) Beauregard T. Daniel (1861-1963)...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Sherwood Forest
Pennington Bend in Madison Nashville, TN Circa 1928. Norman-style stone home Sherwood Forest was built on the bank of the Cumberland...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20231 min read
Beauvoir: Post Overton Hall
Sarah Gladys “Saidee” Cheney Williams Overton (1872-1963) built Beauvoir about 1930. It is my impression that Beauvoir was located in the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Stone Hall: Generations in Donelson
Photo by Skye Marthaler Stone Hall, built for Dempsey W. Cantrell (1880-1965) and Nora Johnson Cantrell (1882-1959) in 1918, is located...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Boxwood (Davidson Co.): The Fleming Place
810 Jackson BL Nashville, TN Circa 1917. 3-story Georgian style mansion Boxwood sits at the corner of Jackson Blvd and Harding Place and...
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