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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Clifton Place: First of the Pillow Mansions
6197 Trotwood Ave. Columbia, TN Circa 1839. 2-story Greek Revival mansion Clifton Place was built for Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Vine Hill (Maury Co.)
Vine Hill is located in the Cross Bridges area (current address is 3331 N. Cross Bridges Rd.) and built in Greek Revival style about 1836...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Wilson Place
Robert Wilson (1774-1851) and Charlotte Anne Armstrong Wilson (1805-1874) built this 3 story Greek Revival home on Greene Rd. in 1834....
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Hamilton Place/ Polk-Yeatman Home
Columbia Hwy Columbia, TN Circa 1832. 2-story red brick Georgian with front porticos 1st & 2nd floor Hamilton Place/ Polk-Yeatman Home...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Idlewild (Neill S. Brown House): Originated the name Edgefield
Idlewild was located at 809 Main Street in Edgefield (near the current intersection of Main St. and Neill Ave.) across the river from...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Washington B. Cooper Home: An Artist's Home
This 2 story, 13-room brick home had been built earlier by Samuel Watkins (1794-1880). Watkins was a businessman and in his will made a...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Sunnyside/ Lee Monte/ Idlewild
3021 Lealand Lane Nashville, TN Circa 1843. 2-story white clapboard home in Greek Revival style Photo by Www.78 Sunnyside/ Lee Monte/...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Cedar Hill/ George Washington Campbell House
Cedar Hill was built by George Washington Campbell (1769-1848) and Harriet Stoddert Campbell (1788-1848) in 1843. Harriet was the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Springside
Springside was built on former Lockeland property in the 1840s by Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814-1885) and Eliza Trimble Lindsley...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Savage House: Last Grand Townhouse Downtown from Early Era
9th Ave. S. (present 167 Rosa Parks BL) Nashville, TN Circa 1840s. 3-story red brick Italianate townhouse Photo by Andrew Jameson The...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Pontotoc
Pontotoc along with Wyatt Hall had consistent Methodist Church ownership and ties. The East Nashville mansion was constructed by the...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Belle Vue (Belle View)-Franklin Pike
Belle Vue (View), built in 1840 by Robert Woods, was located at the intersection of what is now Franklin Pike and South Douglas Ave. -...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Richland Grove/ Zarecor Sanitarium - now site of St. Ann Catholic Church
Near 5101 Charlotte Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1846. (William) Byrd Douglas (1815-1882) grew up on his family estate, Farmwell, in...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Cleveland Hall: A Tennessee Century Farm
Photo by Cleveland Hall HOA Cleveland Hall has remained in the Donelson family from the start. The mansion has been part of the Donelson/...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20234 min read
Melrose Estate/ Woodlawn Memorial Park
The Barrow’s Melrose Mansion overlooked the southern end of what became the Melrose area of Franklin Rd. At the present-day 2615 Franklin...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Bellfield: Ties to Robertson, Davis & DeMoss families
4200 Delaware Ave. Nashville, TN Circa by 1835. 2-story Italianate home Dr. Peyton Henderson Robertson (1787-1840) married Ellen Mordant...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Cedarwood/ Cedar Shadow
James Yarbrough (1804-1861) and Margaret “Peggy” Coffman Yarbrough bought 7 acres on Whites Creek Pike in 1827 (current location: 3831...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 16, 20233 min read
Petway House/ Airdrie/ Buell-King House
William Caldwell built this home at (the current 3210) Avenal Ave near the Glencliff area from 1797-1808. It was on a 140 acre land...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 15, 20235 min read
Peach Blossom (Whitworth): The Nucleus of a Bunch of West Nashville
Was 215 Craighead Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1803. Originally 2-story brick Georgian mansion Peach Blossom was built by Capt. Joseph Erwin...
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Jay Brothers
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Belair/ Belle Air (Lebanon Pike): A Harding Daughter wedding gift
2250 Lebanon Pike Nashville, TN Circa 1832. 2.5 story Greek Revival mansion Belair / Belle Air was built on a grant of 1,000 acres from...
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