1230 2nd Ave. South Nashville, TN
Circa 1870. 3- story Italianate style home
Judge Morton Boyte Howell (1834-1909) and Isabella Elliott Howell (?-1868) lived southeast of downtown. He was a Nashville native who graduated University of Virginia School of Law where he met his wife; Isabella was from VA. Howell's father was Robert Boyte Crawford (R. B. C.) Howell who was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Nashville (1835-1850) and (1857-67) and president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1851-58). In private practice, Howell represented Phillips and Buttoroff Manurfacturing Co. Howell served as clerk and master of Davidson County from 1865-70 and then became Nashville mayor (1874-76). He also was president of the Nashville Board of Education for 15 years as well as a University of Nashville trustee. After Isabella's death, Judge Howell remarried to Elizabeth "Bette" Capers Trigg Curd Howell (1848-1931) in 1870.
A son Robert Boyte Crawford Howell (1878-1955) likely inherited the home. His wife was Ellen Maria Jackson Howell (1876-1948).
The area is known as Chestnut Hill. In the mid-200s, the owner Intermediaries New Hall invested in a 2-year renovation of the structure. The home won a Metro Historical Commission preservation award in 1998. Since 2008/09, the Chestnut Hill area and Wedgewood-Houston area has seen growth and various revitalization.
In 2005, Mary Parker and Stephen Crofford of Parker & Crofford law firm purchased the building with .34 acres. They had their law offices as well as others including George Copple Law Office. In 2019, they sold Howell House to Magna, a New York based REIT. As of 2024, their offices as well as Copple had moved to Brentwood's Maryland Way.
Sources:
Nashville Architecture: A Guide to the City, Carroll Van West, 2015, p. 119
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