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Historic Home of Many Purposes
The Lucious Frierson House in Columbia, Tennessee – circa 1876. Mr Frierson was the son of a banking family and was given the land to build his beautiful home as a wedding gift from his father. He co-founded the Columbia Ice Company, Bethel House Hotel, and First National Bank. He also owned the Electric Light…
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Cannon County Queen Anne
Taking us back on over to Cannon County, Tennessee today. This is the Brevard-Macon House in Woodbury. This Queen Anne was built in 1896 for William F. Brevard who owned a flour mill just a few hundred yards from the home. He was also a local U.S. Commissioner for Revenue for several years. Wondering where…
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First Franklin St Home in Huntsville
This Victorian beauty is the Goldsmith-Donovan House in Huntsville, Alabama. Located in the Twickenham Historic District. It was built inn 1887 by Oscar Goldsmith who was a leading citizen and entreprenuer that invested heavily in real estate and textile mills. This home was one of the first built on Franklin Street after the Civil War.…
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Historic White Hall in Spring Hill
Welcome to White Hall! This historic home in Spring Hill, Tennessee is an antebellum greek revival that was built for Dr. Aaron C. White by his brother Henry in 1844. He owned some 300 acres in the area and donated some of his land to the town of Spring Hill for a boys school. He…
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Nashville’s Gray House is Yellow
This is the Gray House in Nashville, Tennessee. Not gray as in color (hello, it’s yellow!), but Gray as in belonged to Frank and Mattie Gray. Frank owned Gray’s clothing store on what’s now known as 4th street in Nashville. Built in 1880, it’s a part of the Rutledge Hill Historic District. The home is…
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The Doctor’s House is Oldest in Columbia
This is possibly the oldest house still around in Columbia, Tennessee. The Doctor’s House was built in 1815 by Dr Dorrell N. Sansom who was a highly cultured graduate of Princeton College. He later wed and settled in Maury County, Tennessee when he had this home built. Nathan Vaught, a well-known builder in the area,…
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Brown-Hancock House in Woodbury, TN
Remember the Adams House I shared a couple weeks ago? The builders of this home loved that one so much, they modeled it after the Adams House! This is the Brown-Hancock House in Woodbury, Tennessee. It was originally built for Christopher Columbus Brown and his family in 1869. After he died, he left it to…
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Carmack House is Now Funeral Home
This gorgeous white home is in Columbia, Tennessee. But it’s not just any home. It’s a funeral home. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home has been in business since 1856 founded by A. Barr and eventually partnering with John Oakes. He formed a partnership with an experienced undertaker named Robert Nichols in 1900, hence the name…
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Historic Home is Bed & Breakfast in Woodbury
It’s hard to believe that this house is 161 years old! Built by William Wharton in 1859, its use didn’t start out as a private home. This home was originally a dormitory for the Baptist Female College, later called Woodbury College. The college eventually transitioned to a nondenominational school and continued for several years. After…
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A House of Mayors – A Legacy to Murfreesboro
The Collier-Lane-Crichlow House or more recently known as the “House of Mayors” is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The land that the home sits on was granted to Captain William Lytle who served in the Revoluntionary War. He became a founding of father of Murfreesboro. Sterling P. Jones bought a tract of land from him and…
