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Sep 261 min read

Schnell Mansion: The SNUB

1111 16th Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1912. Large 2-story stone home. Jacob Powell Schnell (1841-1910) was a grocer in the Germantown...

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Joseph Dunlop House (Ayreshire): Mid-2023 Demolition threatened

Jay Brothers

Jun 232 min read

Joseph Dunlop House (Ayreshire): Mid-2023 Demolition threatened

517 Madison St. Clarksville, TN Circa 1914. 2-story red Mediterranean-style home with terra-cotta roof From VisitClarksville.com Joseph...

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Boxwood Hall (Chickering Rd.): First Fleming Home

Jay Brothers

Jun 161 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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Hartman-Alexander-Dee-Stroop House/ Erin-Aeol House

Jay Brothers

Jun 71 min read

Hartman-Alexander-Dee-Stroop House/ Erin-Aeol House

Former 1433 North Maple/ Lebanon Pk (current Memorial BL) Murfreesboro, TN Circa 1871-1887. 2-story Greek Revival home with a tower From...

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Jay Brothers

Jun 61 min read

Halcyon Hall

212 West 6th St. Columbia, TN Circa 1845. Built in 1845, Joseph Alfred Walker (1810-1882) and Adaline Ann Elizabeth Nelson Walker...

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Jay Brothers

Jun 51 min read

Hightower Place/ Buck Davis Place

Old Wilson PK south of Old Smyrna Rd. in the current Corondele subdivision. Circa 1800 Richard R. Hightower (1764-1820) and Nancy L....

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Queen of the Cumberland/ Chris Smith House/ Smith-Trahern

Jay Brothers

May 33 min read

Queen of the Cumberland/ Chris Smith House/ Smith-Trahern

Spring and McClure Streets Clarksville, TN Circa 1856-59. 2-story red brick Greek Revival and Italianate style The Christopher H. Smith...

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Jay Brothers

Apr 292 min read

Highland Hall: Reams Fleming Homeplace

Off Arno Rd. Williamson County, TN Circa 1840-45. Large 4-story brick mansion From lovelyfranklin.com Highland Hall was built between...

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Hawthorn Hill: Doctors and Grand Ole Opry

Jay Brothers

Apr 52 min read

Hawthorn Hill: Doctors and Grand Ole Opry

495 Old Highway 25 Castalian Springs, TN Circa 1806. 2-story brick Federal style Hawthorn Hill was built in 1806 in the Castalian Springs...

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Jay Brothers

Feb 282 min read

Claiborne Mansion/ Tennessee School for the Blind

Current 108 Hermitage Ave. (former Fillmore St.) Nashville, TN Circa 1866. 4-story mansion The Claiborne Mansion was built on a hill...

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Dr. L. A. Bowman Home: Nashville's African-American Rockefeller

Jay Brothers

Feb 272 min read

Dr. L. A. Bowman Home: Nashville's African-American Rockefeller

Near 317 Eighth Ave. South Nashville, TN Cirac 1850s Just west of the Korean Veterans Memorial terminus and 8th Ave. South roundabout and...

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Jay Brothers

Feb 271 min read

Robert Fulton Boyd Home: Important Doctor and Financier

417 Cedar St. (Charlotte Ave.) Nashville, TN Circa 1900. Dr. Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912) purchased a large 3 story home on Cedar St....

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Jay Brothers

Feb 272 min read

Rev. Preston Taylor Home

449 North Cherry St. (Fourth Ave. North) Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story home From 1906 until his death, Rev. Dr. Preston Taylor...

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Jay Brothers

Feb 261 min read

Sampson Wesley Keeble home: Trailblazing Politician and Businessman

Broadway & 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN Circa 1870s. A marker by the Tennessee Historical commission recognizes Keeble's home on Broadway...

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Jay Brothers

Feb 96 min read

Belle Meade Plantation: Iroquois and Belle Meade

Off Harding Rd. on Leake Ave. (Belle Meade) Nashville, TN Circa orig. 1819/ renovated 1832. 2-story Federal style mansion Belle Meade was...

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John M. Gray Home (Wilmor Wedding Gift)/ Westminster Pres. Church

Jay Brothers

Feb 72 min read

John M. Gray Home (Wilmor Wedding Gift)/ Westminster Pres. Church

3900 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1906. 2-story Georgian Colonial mansion In 1906, Col. B. F. and Sallie M. Wilson gave daughter...

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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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