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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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Church Used as Powder Magazine During Civil War
Holy Trinity Church in downtown Nashville. The structure was modeled after an English parish church and built in 1852 by Wills and Dudley of New York. During the Civil War, it was taken over by the Federal Army and used as a powder magazine and stable. Still a very active church, it’s been in continuous…
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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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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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Rural Church is Over 181 Years Old
This looks like it belongs in the middle of a city, but it’s actually quite rural. St John’s Episcopal Church is in Ashwood, Tennessee inside Maury County. It’s considered possibly the last of the plantation churches in Tennesssee. The Polk family were almost entirely responsible for the erecting of this beautiful church. Colonel William Polk…
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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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Marymont Mansion in Sad Decay
An iconic place in Murfreesboro is the beautiful Marymont Mansion. I couldn’t go too long without featuring this one. The mansion was built in 1861 by Hiram Jenkins on land that had been in his family since the 1790s. He adorned the walls with goldleaf papering brought in from France. He furnished it with pieces…
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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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Broken and Abandoned
I think I’ll name this one “Broken and Abandoned”. It was a humble place but I bet she had a lot of life lived inside those walls.
