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Double-Porched Maryville Home
This is the beautiful McNutt-Howard House in Maryville, Tennessee. It was built in 1900 by Robert G. McNutt in the Queen Anne and Classic Revival style. It’s not clear if he actually lived in the home. He built two on the same street in the same style. McNutt sold the house to W.B. Howard in…
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Gorgeous on Gunter
Built in 1926, this beautiful tudor is found on the main drag in Guntersville, Alabama.
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Rutledge House in Nashville, TN
The Rutledge House was built in 1870 by Henry and Septima Rutledge whose fathers were signatories to the Declaration of Independance! The earliest parts of the house date back to 1820. It has also been known as “Rose Hill” and has hosted several noteable people including Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk. It was for…
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Large Columns Added Later
This incredibly stately home is the Brabson House in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was built in 1857 by Reese Bowen Brabson. It was used as headquarters for General Braxton Bragg during the Civil War and later as a hosptial for wounded soldiers. It didn’t gain the large columns until the 1930s when D.B. Loveman bought and…
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MD Anderson Connections to Jackson
Ever heard of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center? It’s the largest cancer center in the US located in Houston, Texas. But what you may not know is that Munroe Dunaway Anderson was born in Jackson, Tennessee and was a prominent bank and cotton trader. Through his frugal upbringing and wealth, and along with his partners…
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Historic Murfreesboro Mayor’s Home
The Joseph B. Palmer house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee was built circa 1869. Joseph Palmer was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, a state legislator, and mayor of Murfreesboro. He was wounded several times during the Civil War, but came back to where he was born and built this Italianate home. It’s for sale if…
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Pink House Now Known as Gray Tower
Before we get too far from Halloween, I have to share this house! The Barnes House in Maryville, Tennessee – Circa 1896. It was built for Dr and Mrs Jasper Barnes who was a dean and professor of psycholoy at Maryville College. It remained in the Barnes family until 1971. It started as a white…
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Chattanooga Historic Home Shines
The McConnell House in Chattanooga, Tennessee – Circa 1885. The home was built for Chancellor T.M. McConnell. It was passed on to his son-in-law in Sam Erwin and to this day, some locals still call it the Erwin House. It’s a beautiful Italian villa style that is considered one of the finest high Victorian houses…
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Queen Anne on Battery Hill in Bridgeport
The Roylance House in Bridgeport, Alabama – Circa 1892. This beautiful Queen Anne is most definitely a showstopper within Bridgeport’s Historic Battery Hill!
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Oldest Home in Maryville, TN
The Thompson-Brown House in Maryville, Tennessee was possibly built in the late 1790s by Alexander McKee. Local traditions suggest the date and the building construction is consistent with that. The first record of the house is a birth that occured in this home written in a letter by William Thompson in 1823. Either way, the…
