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Tennessee Backroad Victorian
Not much to share about this one other than, look at it! Isn’t it beautiful? Somewhere on a Middle Tennessee backroad!
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Historic Mt Pleasant Bungalow
This cute little bungalow is in historic Mt Pleasant, Tennessee. It’s known as The Mefford House and was built in 1915. It was home to J. T. Mefford who was an accountant at a local lumber company. One thing that really stands out to me about this house is the 30-pane windows. WHAT. THIRTY.
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John W. Ward House, Knoxville
Be still my southern heart with that picket fence and sweet house color. The John W. Ward House in Knoxville was built in 1886.
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Tennessee’s Oldest Opera House Part 2
Fast forward to February of 2007. The Southern Tennessee Area Arts Repertory (STAAR) was looking for a new building. It just so happened that a space had opened up in a former retail store on the east side of the square. Tammy Pierchoski, the now Exective Director of STAAR, found the space to be just…
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Tennessee’s Oldest Opera House
It was early 1868 and Pulaski, Tennessee, had just suffered a devastating fire to the east side of its public square. While businesses began talks of rebuilding, Mr. Angenol Cox declared his plans to construct a magnificent hall. His hall would sit where a large section of buildings once stood. His was the first building…
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Hugh Bright Douglas House
One of the prettiest homes in the southern Middle Tennessee area is this one in Fayetteville! The Hugh Bright Douglas House was built in 1894. Steamboat Gothic architecture. Mr. Douglas owned a 1,000 acre farm about 3 miles from this home and had all the hardwoods cut from that farm, transported to Nashville to be…
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One of My Favorites is Still Standing
I got word recently that this beauty is still standing. She’s 137 years old.
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Gorgeous Queen Anne in Winchester
The Joseph A. Carter House in Winchester, Tennessee. Built in 1885.
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Backroads Farmhouse Sits Lonely
This old house sits in the middle of a farm that it once was the center of. I can just imagine the coming and going from the milk barn only a short walk from the back door. I also think back to when folks inside would listen to the rain falling on the tin roof…
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Beautiful Franklin Home, Circa 1904
The Campbell-Bacon House, in Franklin was built in 1904.
