204 E. Deaderick St. Jackson, TN
Circa 1875. 2- story Italianate brick home
The two home affiliated with the Walsh family are few remaining Italianate homes in the Deaderick St. neighborhood.
William Kirby Walsh (1813-1880) was married to Telitha Jane Anderson Walsh (1828-1880). He was a major businessman in mercantile, banking and real estate in the Jackson area after the Civil War. Later he started in Jackson in the wholesale grocer and lumber dealer business. He created a new residential subdivision north and west of downtown Jackson.
With partners J. W. Anderson and Dr. B. R. Harris, Walsh formed the Jackson Savings Bank - in 1874, it was renamed First National Bank of Jackson. He also owned the local gas company and owned a large amount of land in Jackson. They built homes nearby for their three daughters on large lots they owned at Cumberland and Smith St (now Deaderick).
The Sullivans built a nearby home, Cumberland House, for their daughter Dinetia when she wed Dr. Frank G. Hamilton. Their other daughter Annette Walsh McClaren (1867-1914), married Robert Smith McClaran (1858-1936), a druggist. Their youngest daughter Jane Anderson “Jenny” Walsh Sullivan (1870-1948) inherited the red brick home when she married Belton O"Neal Sullivan (1828-1929) in 1893. His family was from South Carolina. He owned a major retail clothes company Sullivan, McCall & Co.
After Jennie's death, the Estate of Jennie W. Sullivan sold the home, and it became apartments.
In 1993, Glenda and Ken Baker owned it. Ken owned Baker Energy, a Texaco distributorship, and Baker Food Systems. Their purchase avoided the home being condemned and demolished. They began restoration.
In 2007, Kathi and Rex Leatherwood purchased the Walsh House and adjacent Hamilton House with 4 acres from Baker. Rex used it for his law office. Eventually, the couple converted the Cumberland House to a bed and breakfast. They had owned early 20th century homes on Belmont BL and East Nashville before. They used the Cumberland House for special events. NR 1993 See Cumberland House, Hamilton House
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