current 206 & 204 Craighead Ave. Nashville TN
Circa 1904.
The Elms was built in Nashville on the newly developing Craighead Ave. off West End Ave. around 1904 for Col. Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) and Fannie Howard Ashworth Enloe (1847-1937).
They married in 1870. He was involved in the Tennessee government and served as a Tennessee House representative from 1877-1895. From 1874-1886, he edited the Jackson Tribune and Sun newspapers. In 1904, he was appointed secretary of state fair commissioner and director of exhibits from Tennessee for the St. Louis World Fair. In 1904, he was elected railroad commissioner and then was selected Chairman of the Tennessee Railroad and Public Utilities Commission and served in that capacity for 18 years until his death.
After Fannie died, their daughter, Fantine Enloe McClain (1877-1964) and husband Alexander McKenzie McClain (1874-1957) inherited the property. He was a prosperous merchant in the hardware business in Nashville. The name “The Elms” seems to derive from his physician brother, Dr. Thomas Enloe, and his focus on homoeopathic medicines including elm root.
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