A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), of “The Crest,” historic home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, circa June 22nd, 1940. The caption reads: “Embodying all the charm and culture of the Old South, the stately antebellum home of...
A Christmas card of the second “Fairview” home of the Foster family, located on the Hillsboro Road at Abbott Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. After the first home was destroyed by fire circa 1933, this home was built upon the foundation of the...
A circa 1919 photograph of the Andrew Jackson monument, an equestrian statue depicting Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. It is one of the three identical statues sculpted by the American sculptor Clark Mills. This stature is located on...
A close-up photograph of a window structure and porchtop of the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade of the architecture has been attributed to...
A photograph of a plaster ceiling medallion, with electrical fixture, at the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade has been attributed to William...
A photograph of Acklen Hall, home of Joseph Hayes Acklen (1850-1938), on Fairmont Street, Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the 1890s, this Victorian-style home was the centerpiece of one of Nashville's first gated communities, Acklen Park. Also...
A photograph of an unidentified woman standing on the steps of the Cheekwood mansion grounds, in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1932 and 1946. The Cheekwood mansion was built in 1932 in the Colonial Revival style for Leslie and Mabel Cheek. Designed...
A photograph of Mary Florence Kirkman Drouillard, between 1890 and 1905. She was born in Nashville on August 23, 1843, the daughter of Hugh Kirkman and Eleanora C. Van Leer. She was educated in local private schools and completed her education in...
A photograph of Peach Blossom, the family home of Joseph Erwin, located at 215 Craighead Avenue, circa 1960. The original structure was constructed in a Georgian architectural style, built circa 1803, and subsequent owners of the property made new...
A photograph of the architectural cornice designs of the porch structure of Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959. Lynnlawn was built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the façade has been...
A photograph of the Drouillard Mansion, located at the corner of Vauxhall (Ninth Avenue) and Demonbreun Streets, in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally a red brick mansion built circa 1886, it was the residence of James Pierre Drouillard and wife Mary...
A photograph of the Elliston-Buford house, at 2300 Elliston Place, Nashville, Tennessee. The residence, originally built circa 1881, was the home of Lizinka Elliston Buford and husband Edward L. Buford, a Nashville businessman and Confederate War...
A photograph of the Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the facade has been attributed to William Strickland. The mansion was located at 617 Gallatin Road,...
A photograph of the porch structure of Lynnlawn mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, built by Thomas E. Stratton circa 1852. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the architectural facade has been attributed to William Strickland. The mansion was...
A photograph of the Two Rivers Mansion, located at 3130 McGavock Pike, approximately 11 miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa 1978. Two Rivers Mansion was constructed in 1859 for David H. McGavock and his wife William...
A porte-cochere is a “coach gate,” a porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather....
A porte-cochere is a “coach gate,” a porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which a horse and carriage (or motor vehicle) can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather....
A postcard featuring the front entry hall of the Hermitage, home of General Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. The wallpaper represents the legend of the travels of Telemachus, a figure in Greek mythology, and was imported by...
A postcard of the Hermitage Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hermitage Club building was first a downtown residence in between Church and Union Streets at 233 Sixth Avenue North, then called High Street. The builder of the house was Confederate...
A postcard of the Oak Hill mansion, the grand 19th century residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, located approximately seven miles south of Nashville on Franklin Pike in Davidson County, Tennessee. Oak Hill, which suggests a French chateau...