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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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Crescent Hill Bungalow Cutie
This bungalow in the Crescent Hill neighborhood has me a little green with envy. Circa 1910.
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Newton Craig House, Georgetown
This gorgeous old house surprised us in rural Kentucky one day. The Newton Craig House was built in 1830 and expanded in 1870. Craig served as the warden for the state penitentiary which had some of its buildings right here on his property at one time.Elijah Craig, the inventor of Kentucky bourbon, was Newton’s brother.
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Joseph C. Widmer House
The Joseph C. Widmer House was built in 1895. Joseph was a business manager for National Tobacco Works. The home is said to be haunted by a young girl named Lucy, though there are no records of anyone by that name ever living there.
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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.
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Mansion Row Home Dates to 1870
The Samuel A. McClung House in New Albany was built in 1870. McClung was a boots and shoes merchant. According to several newspaper accounts, this home was the scene of many fancy social gatherings when the McClungs lived here. This was home to several others in its time and was also a boarding house at
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Remembering this Old Place
Most don’t even notice her there on the side of the road. Though she was there way before the pavement even came through. She has seen many things in her day. She has watched decades turn into a century. She still remembers, but also longs to be remembered.
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