909 N. Highland Ave. Jackson, TN
Circa 1904. 2.5 story irregular frame Queen Anne home
George E. Rauscher (1883-1960) and Elizabeth “Bessie” Crigler Rauscher (1883-1951) built their home on the fashionable main drag of Highland Ave. - the former community of Hicksville.
Picture by Jerrye & Roy Klotz M.D.
Rauscher was a businessman from Erin, TN. His parents were George and Lizzie Campbell of Erin. His father was a successful businessman: the Arlington Lime Co., the Stewart Manufacturing Co. among others. He also served as the first mayor of Erin. Two years later, in 1906, he opened the Rauscher Hardware Co. store which became a leading business in Jackson. By 1910, he left the hardware business to his brothers and entered into a partnership with the Moore Tailoring Shop.
In 1920, he sold the home to Judge John William Ross (1878-1925) and Sarah Ross. Judge Ross in 1913 became chancellor for the Jackson-Madison Co. area until 1921. He had been in private practice in Savannah, TN prior. From 1921 to 1925, he was confirmed and sat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. After his death, the home was in a trust held by the Jackson Building and Savings until 1934.
About 1934, the home was purchased by Samuel Fenner Sewell (1900-1936) and Nettie Floy McGill Sewell (1904-1986). They wed about 1920. Samuel owned the Electric Shop, an electrical contractor business. Floy had started a furniture store as well as Floy Sewell Interiors in 1950. Sadley, Sewell died a couple years after purchasing the home.
In 1983, Floy Sewell owned the place until her death. The home has been sold twice in the early 2000s. NR 1983
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