Old Hickory Wow! House: A Home With Some History

OLD HICKORY, TN -- It's impossible to talk about the history of Old Hickory without talking about the Robinson family. The politically connected proprietors of Phillips-Robinson Funeral Homes are so entwined with lake-and-river hugging village the main thoroughfare bears the name.

And it was from this little corner of the county the Robinsons and their allies essentially ran Davidson County for decades before Metroization, as detailed in James Squires' seminal book of Nashville political history "The Secrets of the Hopewell Box."

There are some echoes of that influence still rippling through Nashville today — Gale Robinson has been a General Sessions judge for decades. It was his namesake, Edward Gale Robinson, who lived in this Robinson Road home for years before his death.

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• Address: 1205 Robinson Rd, Old Hickory, Tennessee
• Price: $2,750,000
• Square Feet: 5349
• Bedrooms: 4
• Bathrooms: 4 Full and 2 Half Baths
• Built: 1987
• Features: Fabulous Custom Built home, zoned MUL and MUN, mixed uses, 19 ft ceiling in the beautiful Foyer, 14 ft Ceilings in the Greatroom with fireplace, 9.5 acres,, perfect for club housefor any type development see our web site

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