3608 Richland Ave. Nashville, TN
Circa 1908.
Ernest William Heinrich (W. H.) Jungerman (1873-1963) and Mary Cella "May Ce" Robinson Jungerman (1880-1936) bought lot #1908 and built their home in the newly developed area of New Town/ West Town. He had a wholesale and retail grocery and confectioner business in 1894; four years later, it was a partnership in Jungerman & Rust, 1899. Their business was downtown at 527-29 Church St. The Jungerman family moved across the neighborhood to 3515 Central Ave.
In 1917, Matthew Hughes Dobson, Jr.(1856-1928) and Roberta Althia "Birdie" Allen Dobson (1867-1950) purchased the home. Dobson was a partner in Dobson & Cannon Co., a large wholesale grover, and in Dobson-Hicks, seed dealers, with E. D. Hicks of Devon Farm. He was the father-in-law of Sarah "Minnie Pearl" Cannon. Later, Dobson and his sons bought out the partners and renamed the company Dobson & Co. They were in the salvage business. His son (Verner) Allen Dobson owned Ridleys Landing, started multiple businesses and started Youth Inc.
After Dobson's death, Roberta sold the home in 1929 to Alvin Edward "Ed" Potter, Jr. (1897-1976). He was married twice: Bertha Herbert Potter (1895-1949)(m.1917) and Catherine Jane Tyne Potter (1910-1966)(m.1949). Potter was founder and president of Commerce Union Bank in 1916. Bertha was an accomplished artist. Potter also had controlling interest in Broadway National Bank.
In 1938, the Potters sold their home to Arthur C. Jones and Frances Jones. The Potters moved to Tremont off Tyne BL near Franklin. At some point, they also resided at Oak Hill in Williamson County. The Jones family hailed from South Pittsburg, TN where he had been in the stone manufacturing business. Jones joined with Gray & Dudley hardware company. Jones died three years later, and Frances died in 1983. Their children Patricia Jones Schroeder and Richard Jones inherited the home.
The Jones heirs sold the home to Julian E. Dy and Peggy Anne Dye in 1984. Hit by financial hardship, First American Nat. Bank foreclosed on the home mortgage, and the next year, in 1985, Charles W. and Sally Cook, Jr. bought it from foreclosure. They had lived at the corner of Chancery lane and Tyne BL in Belle Meade (and were great neighbors of mine growing up). Cook was a veteran banker: president/ ceo, Third National Bank; ex-vice-president, Suntrust Bank in Atlanta; chairman/ ceo/ president, Union Plantters Bank of Middle Tennessee and chairman of Truxton Trust Co. founded in 2004. Sadly, Sally died in 2001, and Cook remarried to Mary Hawkins in 2003. See Ridleys Landing