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The Brownlow House – Columbia
This Victorian is known as the Brownlow House and was built in 1890. It’s located in Columbia, Tennessee and contributes to the West Sixth Street and Mayes Place Historic District. It’s a beautiful teal color these days, but looks like it was a deep gray before. Which color do you prefer?
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Beaufort, SC Cottage
Will you just look at this cutie patootie! It was built sometime around 1900 and is located in the Beaufort Historic District. It contains about 1125 square feet and just sold a couple of months ago for $650k.
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112 Hinkle Hill Street
This old Bell Buckle home sits just about spittin’ distance from the railroad tracks. Trains have been click-clacking by since the day this home was built. It’s seen a lot in it’s day next to the tracks. While I’m not sure of the exact build date of the home, my guess would be between 1898
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Oakhurst – Murfreesboro, TN
An old house you may not notice in Murfreesboro is this beautiful Italianate called “Oakhurst”. It’s located on Cherry Lane and hidden behind big, beautiful trees and “newer” homes that make it harder to see than it once was. In fact, this area used to be considered country and this was the eastern-most structure. This
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How Bell Buckle Got Its Name
After most folks learn that the name isn’t actually “BELT Buckle”, the very next thing they want to know is why it’s called Bell Buckle in the first place! The answer isn’t as cut and dry as we’d like it to be. In fact, way back in August of 1883, a man by the name
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Butchertown Shotgun House
Here’s a little shotgun house in the shade. It’s located in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Built sometime between 1875 and 1899. Washington Street is lined up and down with shotgun houses like this one. I think they’re so cool! Why is it called a shotgun house? Well, they are characteristically long and narrow,
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The Fleming House – Augusta
A gorgeous painted lady in Augusta, Geogria. This home was built in 1896 for John Allen Fleming. It still an has elevator inside from 1902. It was converted into apartments at some point. In 2013, it was given a $250k grant from the Georgia Cities Foundation for rehabilitation and it’s been lovingly restored.
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The Jessee House – Bowling Green
I shared this one last year sometime, but I’ve got some old pictures of it to share with you today. Check out the older pictures of this home. Not sure of the year they were taken. The 1877 map of Bowling Green shows a residence on this lot, but it’s not the same one that
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Abandoned Mississippi Mansion
This Mississippi mansion was built in 1898. It sits vacant, but was once part of a thriving city district where a lumber company drew many folks in for jobs. This was home to one of the company’s managers. I’m not sure of its fate, but it could be wonderful again, that’s for sure!
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Hatcher-Groover-Shwartz House
I’m an absolute sucker for a Second Empire! We don’t have many in my area so I get excited to find them “in the wild”. They don’t seem to have many in Macon, Georgia either. In fact, this is the only one! Marshall James Hatcher built this home in 1880 on Georgia Avenue. The basement
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