Hillcote
Hillcote was built in 1914 at 3800 Woodlawn Dr. Photo from Compass Realty Several sources cite 1914 as the construction date but the...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Breezemont at Stokes Farm
Walter and Nellie Stokes had a great view. Their Breeezemont mansion overlooked the hillside south from Hillsboro Rd. South to what is...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 10, 20222 min read
Beech Grove
8423 Old Harding Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1851. 2-story white frame home Beech Grove is on Old Harding Pike near the Davidson/ Williamson...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 9, 20223 min read
Longview (Leafy Lot)
Longview, located at 811 Caldwell Lane near Franklin Pike, was built in 1842 for Henry Laurence Norvell (1818-1874) and Laura Jane Sevier...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 7, 20222 min read
Lynnlawn
Per a F.O. Beasley map listed on Nashville History Blogspot, the mansion fronted on Gallatin Rd. and sat on about 8 acres. It was a huge...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Tulip Grove (Poplar Grove): Bunch of Ties to other Homes
Tulip Grove (originally Poplar Grove) was built in 1836 on Lebanon Rd. by Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) and Emily Tennessee...
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Jay Brothers
Oct 6, 20223 min read
Mt. Solitude (Mark Cockrill mansion)
Current Delaware Ave. & 51st St. Nashville, TN Circa 1822. Large 2-story home with columned front Mark Robertson Cockrill (1788-1873)...
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Jay Brothers
Sep 23, 20223 min read
Barrow's Hill/ Stegar Brick: A Founder of Ryman Auditorium
In 1811, Matthew Barrow (1784-1855) and Martha (Patsy) Childress Barrow (1789-1872) bought 141 acres near present-day 31st Ave. North and...
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Jay Brothers
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Grundy Place/ Polk Place: He Enjoyed for 30 Days-She resided 40 years
Polk Place/ Grundy Place was built around 1819 by Felix Grundy (1777-1840) and Anne Phillips Rogers Grundy (1779-1847) on Vine St. (now...
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Jay Brothers
Aug 4, 20222 min read
David McGavock House - Connections with many places!
Present Metrocenter area Nashville, TN Circa 1800. 2-story Federal brick home Coming from Virginia with his brother Randal McGavock in...
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Jay Brothers
May 30, 20222 min read
McCrory-Mayfield House - on the southern order with Williamson Co.
1280 Old Hickory Blvd near the Davidson-Williamson County line Built about 1798 The McCrory-Mayfield house was built by Thomas McCrory...
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Jay Brothers
May 19, 20224 min read
Colemere/ Colemere #2 - Cole's retirement country estate/ New Orleans Manor/ Monell's
1400 Murfreesboro Rd., Nashville, TN Circa 1893. 2-story home in classic Colonial style Colemere was built by Col. Edward William...
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Jay Brothers
May 19, 20222 min read
Grayswood (P.M. Estes)/ Harpeth Hall School
3801 Hobbs Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1924. 2-story brick From a lovely mansion to a lovely school campus. Patrick Mann (P.M.) Estes...
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Jay Brothers
May 19, 20223 min read
Acklen Hall
Fairmont St. off West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa mid-1890s. 2-story red brick Victorian style Perched prominently on the crest of a...
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