Community Updates

A 1960s view of the Bradford-Berry House, showing weathered red brick and a small boarded entry porch behind autumn branches.

Why Preservation Matters: Lessons from Sumner County

May 20, 2026

Artist's rendering of how the Bradford-Berry parlor might've looked: a crystal chandelier with candle arms hangs above a carved staircase newel post, beside a tall paned window in warm afternoon light.

Crystal and Iron: The Treasures Inside

May 13, 2026

Architectural close-up of the Bradford-Berry House in Sumner County, Tennessee, showing the two-foot thickness of its hand-fired 1790s brick walls at a window reveal, native limestone foundation visible below.

Walls That Tell a Story: The Architecture of the Bradford-Berry House

May 5, 2026

Oil painting-style illustration of a vintage biplane on a grass airfield in Middle Tennessee, with a military officer in uniform standing at the tree line watching it taxi. A wooden hangar sits to the left and rolling green hills stretch across the horizon—evoking the founding of Berry Field by Colonel Harry Smith Berry in 1928, the predecessor to Nashville International Airport (BNA) and a cornerstone of Nashville aviation history tied to the Bradford-Berry House legacy.

The Berry Legacy: From Nashville Banking to Nashville’s Airport

April 29, 2026

An artist's rendering of workers constructing a red brick wall on a grassy hillside, surrounded by lush green trees. Several laborers work near a small brick kiln in the foreground while others lay stone and brick along the rising structure in the background, depicting the frontier craftsmanship used to build the first brick home in the area now known as Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Building on the Cumberland: The Bradford Homestead

April 24, 2026

Continental Army soldier in blue coat and tricorn hat holding a musket at sunrise, representing Henry Bradford's Revolutionary War service in the 3rd Virginia Regiment.

Henry Bradford: From Fauquier County to the Cumberland

April 16, 2026