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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.
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It’s a Barn, It’s School, It’s a Church?
I was never able to determine what this structure originally was.
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Carmack House is Now Funeral Home
This gorgeous white home is in Columbia, Tennessee. But it’s not just any home. It’s a funeral home. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home has been in business since 1856 founded by A. Barr and eventually partnering with John Oakes. He formed a partnership with an experienced undertaker named Robert Nichols in 1900, hence the name
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Cathedral of the Assumption – Louisville, KY
Located in Louisville, the Cathedral of the Assumption was constructed in 1852 and the main tower and steeple (a steep 287 feet high) were completed in 1858. The cost? $80,000. The bell inside the tower weighs 400 pounds. The exterior of brick and limestone has essentially remained the same since it was built, wow! The
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