I’ve created my own website and blog. Finally! Tennessee Architecture will serve as an online repository for my personal research on architecture, history, preservation, and other topics. This website will enable you to find my research and photographs more easily. Previously published social media posts will be converted into articles and blog posts here so they can be properly cited. Now that I have a proper platform, I hope to share more of my research with you!
Tennessee Architecture will document historic buildings, structures, and landscapes as well as architects, engineers, and builders. We’re going to take a look at the places that make Tennessee unique. We’re also going to examine architectural landmarks that help us understand the whole story, including women, African Americans, immigrants, and other underrepresented groups. Tennessee is a big state with three culturally distinct regions – East, Middle, and West – with big cities, small towns, and rural areas in between. We’re going to explore them all.
For good online sources on Tennessee architecture, I encourage you to check out the SAH Archipedia, which includes 101 entries on some of Tennessee’s most important historic buildings, structures, and places. These entries were written primarily by Claudette Stager, the late Gavin Townsend, and myself. The Tennessee Encyclopedia includes 103 entries on architecture. One of my favorite websites is Mid-Century Modern Tennessee, created by Andrew “Ox” Oxenham of Knoxville. You should also consider joining the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH), which has a strong presence in Tennessee. In fact, SESAH just celebrated its 40th anniversary in Memphis.
In closing, I want to note that all research published on the Tennessee Architecture website is my own personal work and not associated with my day job. Any opinions expressed are also my own, and do not represent my employer, clients, or government agencies that I work for. Tennessee Architecture is truly a labor of love. I hope you enjoy what you find here!
Robbie D. Jones
Nashville, Tennessee
Congratulations Robbie!!! I’m excited for you and for all of us who will enjoy reading your blog posts!! Thank you!
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing the posts.
Welcome to the world of blogging. Looking forward to reading what you have to say about Nashville and to see some of those pics.
Very interesting! Are you accepting suggested structures?
Hi Kem, of course!
Your post about the Dr. Ira N. Kelley House & Office caused a pingback to Preservation in Mississippi, since you linked to our post about Bruce Goff’s Gutman House. I’m glad for that pingback to let me know about your new architecture blog. My Preservation in Mississippi co-authors and I have always hoped that our concept of a website looking at a state’s architectural landscape would be repeated by other architectural historians and historic preservationists for other states. Good to see that it has for Tennessee, and I look forward to reading your future writings about Tennessee architecture. If your first post about the Kelley House is any indication, I have a lot to look forward to.
Thanks! I enjoy the Preservation in Mississippi blog and reading the work of my pal Jennifer Baughn. Y’all do great work!
Look forward to being a regular follower!
-Renee E.
Congratulations, Robbie! I look forward to your posts!