Who would have thought that living on a street named Henpeck Lane would be such a good thing?  As you drive down the country road, passing fields and farms along the way, you might be surprised by the housing developments that pop up here and there.  Henpeck Lane stretches from Highway 31/Columbia Highway (just a few miles south of where Mack Hatcher Parkway intersects it) over to Highway 431/Lewisburg Pike (just north of Peytonsville Road).  Lined with homes of varying sizes and … [Read more...]

I took at walk down to The Brownstones at First and Church in historic downtown Franklin recently, and was inspired to take photographs and write about my experience. Located at the corner of 1st Avenue and Church Street, The Brownstones are perfectly suited to the style and era of downtown Franklin.   They fit in with the architecture and design of the late 1800s and early 1900s, as most of the area was built during that period. … [Read more...]

Just 3 miles west of historic Franklin's downtown square on Highway 96, Westhaven explodes with a 1,500-acre master-planned community, mixed-use town center and private golf club.  The 15-year project began in 2003 and includes everything from townhomes, flats and single-family dwellings to retail space and an 18-hole golf course.  Westhaven covers 1,543 acres and will house 2,596 residential units and over 500,000 square feet of commercial space. Source … [Read more...]

Located just off I-65, along McEwen Road from Wilson Pike to Cool Springs Blvd., Avalon is one of Franklin’s newer residential developments. Its first home was completed in 2005 and now, in 2008, is nearly built out with only a handful of lots remaining. I first heard about Avalon in early 2005 when the Tennessean published an interview with The Principals Group, the developer. … [Read more...]