200 North Waldron Rd. & Poplar Memphis, TN (now 116 Poplar)
Circa 1905. 2-story Ohio green stone Neo-gothic Revival mansion
George Arnold started a cotton brokerage. In 1902, his son, George Arnold, Jr. took over the Geo. Arnold Co. family business and grew it going into the grocery and cotton factor business. Arnold (1878-1912) and Rosa Montgomery Yonge Arnold Ross (1885-1965) wed in 1900. After George's young death, Rosa remarried to James George Ross. The cotton factor business became a major player in the market. He also owned a steamship which brought down the construction stone from Ohio. When Arnold Jr. build their home, Waldron was on the east edge of Memphis.
Later, the home was sold to Col. Seneca Benjamin Anderson (1849-1928) and Adelaide Bennett Anderson (1855-1944). They wed in 1876. He likely was an attorney and a military veteran like most family members.
Next, Alexander Epsie "Epsie"/ A.E."Jennings (1867-1950) and Lou Davis "Dixie" Buford Jennings (1864-1921) owned the property. They wed in 1891. He was a Water Valley, MS native and the son of a planter and merchant. Dixie was a native of College Hill, MS north of Oxford. Jennings grew his holdings and was one of the largest landholders in the area with 20,000 acres and plantations in Mississippi and Arkansas. He moved to Memphis in 1899 and opened Rhodes-Jennings Furniture Co. with Herman Rhodes on Main and Gayoso Sts. He was a Baptist and helped save the newly-opened Baptist Hospital in 1915 with hands-on management and financial help. After Dixie's death in 1921, Jennings actually moved into the hospital to commit more energy to its success.
Jennings sold to Thomas "Tom" Lane Turpin (1871-1957). In 1925, Turpin had the home torn down and stone and materials reused to build the Greenstone Apartments from 1926-27. It has 3 buildings, and later was converted to condominiums.
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