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Beautiful Highway View
It’s funny how a simple highway can be beautiful. ✨
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Beech Hall is High on a Hill
Its presence atop a hill near Normandy is anything but subtle. This old house has been watching from its peak since around 1866. For those that loath math like me, that’s 156 years of being king of the hill. It’s known as Beech Hall and was named after, well, the large amount of beech trees…
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Twin Gable Wartrace Home
From double parlors to twin front gables. This is a Queen Anne in my little town’s neighbor, Wartrace. Located as you head out of town, it seems as though this one may not get the attention it deserves. But I finally stopped to admire all those little details. Circa 1880.
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Lovely Gingerbread on Wartrace Home
The Arnold House in Wartrace, Tennessee was built in 1873 for Joseph Oliver Arnold. Look at all that gingerbread!
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Home in Wartrace Built in 1890
This pretty old place belongs to a good friend of mine and it’s a beauty outside as well as inside. This Queen Anne influenced Victorian in Wartrace, Tennessee was built in 1890. There are several things that I love about this home, but my 2 most favorite features are the historic limestone wall surrounding the…
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Haunted Walking Horse Hotel
This is the famous Walking Horse Hotel in Wartrace, Tennessee. It was built as a hotel for this tiny railroad town in 1917. Known as the Overall Hotel, its base group of patrons were horse trainers that began the annual horse show, the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration in 1939. So they changed the named to…
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Wartrace Church Still Used for Events
The Bethsalem Presbyterian Church in Wartrace, Tennessee began in 1816. It served as both a church and school and burned shortly after. The current building was constructed in 1889 and dedicated the following year. It’s now used for weddings and events.
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Home Built with Bricks from Old School
I’ve got another Wartrace gem for you today! This home was built in 1900 with a Queen Anne influence. I met the sweet owner of this home and she shared a little history with me about the significance of the brick used to build her home. It seems that Wartrace had a distinguished educational history…
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Victorian Wartrace Home
This is the beautiful John Green Sims House in Wartrace, Tennessee. Gosh, I’m a sucker for Queen Annes. This home was built in 1884 for John Green Sims and his wife Mary. It’s believed to be a copy of a home that they both admired in Nashville. It maintains a lot of the original features…
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Beech Hall Still Strong 157 Years Later
Take a peek at the Absalom Lowe Landis house in Wartrace, Tennessee. It’s also been called Beech Hall because of the once many beech trees on the property. Now, only a few remain. The home was built in 1866 on land granted to his father by Absalom Lowe Landis, who was a major in the…
