Just want to take a moment and update everyone. The home is not being demolished. rootARCH : architecture | interiors issued a statement clarifying the rumors of demolition.
Blind Girls' Home
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This is a page that documents the history of the Blind Girls Home. C.O. King was then president. Dan Bailey. Visitors are always welcome. Buchanan, president; Mrs.
Recently Ardavan Afrakhteh of Land Development.com LLC purchased 1309 Forrest Ave as of 4/4/13 from Renasant Bank. The Blind Girls Home was established June 7, 1901 by the Fear Not Circle of King's Daughters of which Mrs. The first home was a cottage in Nashville, given to the circle by Mr. Two years later the present home was built on Fourteenth street and Forrest ave., and seventeen blind women
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Eldest resident in 1958 was Miss Margaret Rhea, 82, who was a resident since the inception of the first Blind Girls' Home in 1901. She loved to sing "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight". Have a listen.
Carter Family-I'll Be All Smiles Tonight lyrics: verse 1: I'll deck my brow with roses the loved ones may be there And gems that others gave me will shine within my hair And even those who know me w...
04/25/2013
Not really sure why all of the bushes around the property were hacked to pieces on Earth Day. Such a shame. Hope the neighborhood will see some lovely landscaping in its place.
Tennessee Historical Commission has confirmed the Blind Girls' Home is indeed on the National Register of Historic Places - NPS. Metro Nashville Historical Commission, please take note. Thank you! :-)
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'In His Name' - 1903
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Video of the upstairs at the historic Blind Girls' Home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvBqCcMG5E
Upstairs of 1309 Forrest Ave Historic Blind Girls Home
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Blind Girls' Home appears in E. Michael Fleenor's book on East Nashville, Tennessee - available at Metro Nashville Archives.
East Nashville During the 19th century, Nashville's families of means built large estates in bucolic East Nashville, away from the noise and pollution of the city. The village of Edgefield became Nashville's most exclusive suburb, with rows of commanding Italianate, Renaissance Revival, and Queen Anne townhomes li...
01/30/2013
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