Historic Edgefield hosts its haunted home tour this weekend
There once was a time when this side of the river was a separate entity from the rest of Nashville. Known back then as Edgefield, the east side of the river stayed independent until it was incorporated into Nashville in 1880. These days Edgefield is a more sharply defined neighborhood occupying the space between 10th and 5th Streets and Shelby and Woodland Avenues. Zoned as a historic district since 1978, it is composed of homes built both before and after the East Nashville Fire of 1916. In recent years the neighborhood has been spotlighted on a number of television programs, including HGTV’s Restore America with Bob Vila.
This weekend the residents of Edgefield are inviting friends from near and far to come out for the Haunted Historic Edgefield Home Tour, featuring five neighborhood homes and a neighborhood church. This year’s tour is sponsored by a raft of East Nashville businesses, including local mainstays Village Real Estate and Bongo Java Roasting Company and friends of the blog East Side Smiles (Dr. Thomas Hadley) and Red Rover Pet Services. If all the history and the chance to maybe spot an East Nashville ghost or two in time for Halloween isn’t enough to convince you to come on down, come for the goodies – Halloween treat bags with coupons and other items from local businesses will be given out to the first 250 attendees.
You can check out the spooky tour this Saturday from 5pm-9pm by candlelight, or by the light of day on Sunday from 1pm-5pm. The folks in Historic Edgefield have been doing historic home tours longer than anybody else in our fair city, so you can be sure this is a tour worth checking out. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Edgefield Baptist Church, 700 Russell Street. If you have questions you can contact either of the tour’s co-chairs, Angela McCorkle Wilson (almccorkle@gmail.com) or Leslie Key (leslie.key@hotmail.com).
