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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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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…
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Old Backroads Home Has Beautiful Trim
I love big beautiful Victorians and Italianates with all their bells and whistles, but I’m also drawn to old homes like this one. It’s talking without saying a word. Telling us about its era with trim detail, clapboard, and chimneys.
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Murfreesboro Home Dates to PreCivil War
This is the Beesley-Murfree House in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The plaque in front states it was built in 1849, but the National Register of Historic Places lists it as being built in 1835. It was constructed by J. C. Haynes in Federal style, but was remodeled after 1870 to reflect the popular at the time, Italianate…
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Cherished Winchester Victorian
This is the beautiful Valentine Square also known as the Alexander-Collins House in Winchester, Tennessee. In 1835, the Winchester Female Academy was founded. It was a brick two-story building that was later a free school, and eventually was burned to the ground by a disgruntled pupil in 1894. Smith Morgan Alexander purchased the lot and…
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Peques House in Jackson, TN
Another Main Street marvel in Jackson, Tennessee! This is the Peques House. Built in 1880. Those antique post boxes get me every single time.
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1876 Church Cost $1800 to Build
How cute is this little church?! This is Grace Episcopal Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee. It was built circa 1876. There’s so much to say about this beautiful building, but here are some of my favorite things: The board and batten overlay design is breathtaking. The bell inside the bell tower was built in England…
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Rutledge Hill Victorian in Nashville
This eclectic Victorian home in Nashville (that’s now a restaurant) was built between 1879 and 1882 by Dr. John Bunyan Stephens. The 50th mayor of Nashville, Richard Houston Dudley owned the home in 1897 when he was elected as mayor. He added a carriage house in the back and carved his initials into the door…
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Old Schoolhouse in Noah – Now Gone
UPDATE: It has been demolished. This old schoolhouse has sat here in the tiny town of Noah for several years.
