1407 Chickering Rd. Nashville, TN
Circa 1939. 2-story International style
Dubuisson-Neuhoff just makes it into the HTH compilation with 1939
Henry Neuhoff (1870-1964) and Emma Anna Ernzen Neuhoff (1869-1932) built their home. They purchased the land from Edwin Warner as it is on the edge of Percy Warner Park near the southern terminus of Page Rd. Neuhoff was the head of Neuhoff Packing Co. He and his brother Lorenz started Neuhoff Abattoir and Packing Co. For some years, Henry and Emma had a farm north of town off Whites Creek until 1926. They lived in the Germantown community just west of the State Capital - on Sixth Ave. North - next to the old Mad Platter restaurant. The meat packing plant was established in 1897; incorporated in 1906; and expanded to Atlanta, GA in 1930.
In 1931, the brothers sold Neuhoff Co. to Swift & Co. and retired to Florida. After Emma was killed in a car accident in Florida, Henry eventually returned to Nashville and started Hermitage Parking Conpany among several business interests. He also co-founded the German-American Bank of Nashville. The family were great supporters of Father Ryan High School, and the school named the Neuhoff Library in their honor.
He also purchased a farm southwest of Nashville between Hwys 70 and 100. Later, he donated the farm land for development of St. Henry Catholic Church and The Cloister community.
Their daughter Dorothy Neuhoff Dubuisson (1898-1998) and John H. Dubuisson inherited the property. Dubuisson was vice-president at Cain-Sloan Co. They sold the home in 1978 to Maclin "Mac" Paschall Davis, Jr. (1926-2023). He was married twice: Dorothy Jane Savage Davis of Memphis in 1953; and after her death in 1999, he married Joan Bell Hager Davis in 2004. Several years after the home purchase, he designed a barn for the property. In 1950, he joined Armistead, Waller, Davis & Lansden and made partner in five years. His uncle was the Davis in the firm's name, and in little more than a decade, the firm renamed itself Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, and he was the Davis. The home remains on nearly 3.5 acres. NR 2003
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