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Victorian Village Home Circa 1852
The Mallory-Neely House in Memphis, Tennessee is breathtaking! Built in 1852 by Isaac and Lucy Kirtland, it’s a beautiful example of an Italianate Victorian. In the 1880s and 1890s the house was renovated and went from 2 and 1/2 stories to a full 3 story with tower. The last resident of this mansion was Mrs…
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Gannaway House – Stuck in Time
This incredible log house is a hidden treaure preserved almost as it was close to 210 years ago. I spent an afternoon learning about it from a man that has first-hand knowledge about this piece of history. This is the Gannaway House in Rutherford county. It was built in the early 1800s, perhaps 1810, by…
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Eagleville Home Dates to 1700s
Believe it or not, this is the oldest house that I’ve seen so far! This is the Absalom Scales house in Eagleville, Tennessee. Absalom had a rolling 600 acres of land in the rual town and built a four-room home from yellow poplar. After his death in 1835, his son Noah enlarged the home and…
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Gothic Hill House Dates to 1850
This pretty lady (she looks like a lady, right?) is the Hill House located in Marshall County, Tennessee. It was built allllll the way back in 1850. It boasts heavy gothic revival architecture. Just look at those arched windows all over! It still has the original poplar and ash hardwood floors inside along with an…
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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…
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Tarpley Farm Since 1830
This antebellum beauty is the Tarpley Farm in Walter Hill, Tennessee. William Searcy moved from North Carolina to Rutherford county in 1803, the year is became a county! He aquired quite a lot of land and planted his first crop in this area in 1804. It’s not clear if he or his son Anderson was…
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The Finest Italianate in West TN
The McNeal House was completed during the Civil War around 1861 by Ezekial Polk McNeal who was a cousin of US president James K. Polk. It was filed on the National Register of Historic places in 1979 as “the finest Italianate house in West Tennessee and among the most outstanding in the state.” Located in…
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Eagleville Farm Dates Back to 1847
Take a look at William B. Jordan Farm, now known as Cedar Hall Farm in Eagleville, TN! In 1847, William Jordan aquired 375 acres of land and began to build this home for his family. It was construced by the slaves on the Jordan farm and took around 3 years to complete. The lumber for…
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Dement House Began as Log Cabin
This beautiful and historic home is the Dement House located off Cainsville Pike in Lascassas, Tennessee. This home was originally built around 1817 as a log cabin by Abner Dement who was an integral part of the formation of Rutherford County in 1803. After Abner’s death, his brother John and wife Christine hired Arch Hite…
