The builder, Elijah Hamilton, was an early Nashville resident who by 1788 had acquired almost one hundred acres of Davidson County land along White's Creek. Soon afterward, Hamilton, his wife, Mary (nee Warmock) Hamilton, and his family moved to a 320-acre tract along the West Harpeth River, whereupon he built his home. Hamilton died in 1825 and left the house and about one-fourth of his land to his granddaughters. Several years later, when the Williamson County Chancery Court failed to reach an accord with the heirs about a fair distribution of the estate, it was ordered that the property be sold at public auction. Thomas Moore was the high bidder and in early 1838, paid two thousand dollars for the Hamilton home and eighty-two acres. Alexander Brown acquired the house and acreage in 1845 for $1,105. Because of a rapidly growing family, Brown made significant modifications to the house, and his wife, the former Charlotte Claud, designed and planted flower and vegetable gardens, along with an orchard, all of which as of 1936 were still in an excellent state. The National Register's documentation on this property states that it is "one of the best-restored late eighteenth century houses in Williamson County."

Francis Giddens and his family moved to Williamson County in 1800, determined to build a home in the grand tradition to which they were accustomed back in Virginia. Settling on a Revolutionary War land grant near present-day Thompson's Station, the Giddens's lived in a small log cabin during the land acquisition period and the ten years it took to physically complete the manor house, which, in 1819, was finally ready to be occupied. Homestead Manor was built of bricks, handmade on the property and meticulously crafted and laid. Even the interior walls are brick, extending from the foundation all the way up to the third floor. A two-story porch, supported by six round columns, adds an imposing entrance to the house. Added at a later date, the porch provides a Greek Revival aspect. During the Battle of Thompson's Station on March 5, 1863, Homestead Manor found itself in the midst of the heated action between the Confederate forces of Generals Earl Van Dorn and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Union commander Colonel John Coburn. A cellar in the southwest corner of the building served as a place of refuge by the family and a few neighbors during the intense battle. As the fighting moved frighteningly close to Homestead Manor, one of the neighbors, seventeen-year-old Alice Thompson, observing that the Confederate color-bearer had been wounded, rushed from her place of safety, scooped up the flag, and encouraged the faltering Southerners to forge forward.

 

Edward G. Clouston, the builder and owner of Clouston Hall, located on present-day Second Avenue South in Franklin, arrived in town from his native Scotland sometime prior to the 1820 census, upon which he is listed. A short time later, he hired Joseph Reiff to design his house on Lots 61 and 71 of Franklin's original town plan. Reiff later became noted for designing Andrew Jackson's rebuilt Hermitage in Nashville following a devastating fire while Jackson was president. Since Fountain Branch Carter's home was built on Columbia Pike less than a decade after Clouston Hall, and because the two structures are remarkably similar, it raises the question of whether Reiff was responsible for both designs. Many features of the two structures are comparable, including size, exterior design-including the front doorway and window configurations—and the interior layouts of both the first floor and the half-story above. Clouston apparently sold the house around 1840 and it was occupied by several different families thereafter. Oscar Reams, a prominent furniture store owner in town, purchased the property in 1854 for $2,250 from David Campbell who was acting on behalf of Elizabeth Parkes. Other occupants included the family of Dr. Dan Cliffe, the grandson of Dr. Daniel B. Cliff whose medical office once stood nearby on Main Street. Clouston Hall was last used as a residence by the late twentieth-century modernist artist Bunn Gray. Following extensive restoration, it now houses an art gallery.

Although the builder of Wyatt Hall is unknown, the beautiful home on present-day Franklin Pike just north of Franklin is believed to have been built around 1800. The property was part of a land grant originally issued to Major Anthony Sharp and Daniel McMahan, but which later was acquired by Daniel Youngman and Dr. W. Y. Dickinson. William Hardeman, a prominent Williamson County businessman, purchased the home in 1836 and eleven years later sold it to Bishop Joshua Soule, a descendant of Mayflower pilgrims and a retired bishop of both the Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1852, the home was acquired by Reverend John Wesley Hanner who resided there for four years. In 1946, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wyatt purchased the home and restored it to its original glory. The Georgian/ Federal structure is a jewel of early Tennessee architecture and displays features common to its era of construction. The building is only one room deep and the ceilings of the second-floor rooms are one to one-and-a-half feet higher than the first-floor rooms. The home faces south rather than fronting the highway, perhaps because the road in 1800 was nothing more than a wilderness trail and it made more sense to savor the sun's warm rays in wintertime on the southern elevation.