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08/30/2026

🏡Welcome to the circa-1910 home of Tony and Leonora “Leo” Green Clifford. Follow along as this charming Victorian farmhouse gets a beautiful facelift by Rob Dennis Painting & Restoration, bringing new life to one of Franklin’s treasured historic homes. ✨

The Green Clifford House was originally built by John Petway Murrey, whose family operated a dairy farm here. In 1960, Leonora’s father, John Merritt Green, Jr., purchased it.

Leo is a 9th-generation descendant of Williamson County pioneer families, with roots stretching from historic Beechwood Hall to Main Street Franklin.

The name Leonora has its own story. Leo was named for family members including Miss Leonora Bailey (1886–1933), who at 18 was invited to the Roosevelt White House. She grew up at Beechwood Hall on Bear Creek Road with her younger sister, Louise Faynue Bailey, Leo’s grandmother.

🎂Leo’s parents were John Merritt Green Jr. and Louise Bailey Nunnelly. Their wedding photograph can still be seen at Triple Crown Bakery, once the site of Mr. Green’s real estate and insurance business. Leo and her mother also worked for Franklin’s Review Appeal newspaper and in the family business.

🎖️John Merritt Green Jr. helped establish Boy Scout Troop 137, beginning a remarkable 69-year volunteer legacy at his farm, EwingCrest. He encouraged more than 225 young men to become Eagle Scouts.

🇺🇸 EwingCrest was also part of 640 acres granted to Captain Alexander Ewing for his Revolutionary War service.

Today, you may know the Green-Clifford home for its fabulous holiday inflatables, delighting generations of local children and families.

Historic homes hold the stories of the people—and generations, who made Franklin what it is today.

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📍 Green Clifford House
600 Murfreesboro Rd.
Franklin, TN 37064

Tennessee feels different today. It’s the end of an era. They don’t make them like Dolly Parton any more.💔Dolly never fo...
08/25/2026

Tennessee feels different today. It’s the end of an era. They don’t make them like Dolly Parton any more.💔

Dolly never forgot where she came from. She loved Tennessee, loved her family, spoke openly about her faith in God, and used her extraordinary success to bless others, perhaps most beautifully through her Imagination Library, which has placed millions upon millions of books into the hands of children.

Her humor, generosity, humility, kindness and unmistakable Tennessee spirit will never be forgotten.

From the mountains of East Tennessee to Music Row, Dollywood and her quiet home here in Williamson County, Dolly Parton left her mark everywhere she went.

Today, it feels as though a little piece of Tennessee has gone with her. 🦋

But her songs, her stories, her generosity, and the joy she gave us, will live on.

Tennessee will always love you, Dolly. 🤍🎶🦋

⛪️ Standing proudly at the heart of downtown Franklin Five Points, Historic Franklin Presbyterian Church is one of those...
08/23/2026

⛪️ Standing proudly at the heart of downtown Franklin Five Points, Historic Franklin Presbyterian Church is one of those beautiful places that tells the story of our town before you ever step through the doors.

The congregation’s history stretches back more than two centuries, and its sanctuary has witnessed some extraordinary chapters of Franklin’s past. Following the Battle of Franklin in 1864, the church was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers.

After a devastating fire in 1905, the present sanctuary was completed in 1907. Remarkably, members of the congregation rescued the church pews from the fire, and those historic pews are still in use today. The original bell also survives and continues to ring from the tower.

Inside, beautiful stained-glass windows recreate the designs of the earlier sanctuary, while a Schoenstein pipe organ, installed in 2001, adds to the church’s remarkable musical heritage.

More than a century after this beautiful red-brick sanctuary rose at Five Points, it remains both an active house of worship and one of the architectural treasures of Historic Downtown Franklin. ❤️

📍 Historic Franklin Presbyterian Church
435 Main Street | Franklin, Tennessee

History worth noticing. Places worth preserving.
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08/22/2026

[RESHARE] It’s one of the hottest days of the year, and Luke Bryan Official slings a football through the blinding sun BGA upper school Football.🏈

The chart-topping country music star plays catch and recalls his two-year football career at Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia. He was the youngest in his class and a late bloomer to boot.

His son listens and smiles nearby while returning tight, whistling spirals.

“Got the arm from me,” Bryan jokes.

Bryan writes country songs. But his son Bo is giving him an opportunity to live inside one this autumn as he embarks on his only Tennessee high school football season as Battle Ground Academy’s starting quarterback.

Tap the link below to read more.

📷: Nicole Hester Tennessean

We love how dreamy has made this little block of Main Street at Heylee B’s! 🌸Their stunning floral display brings such ...
08/19/2026

We love how dreamy has made this little block of Main Street at Heylee B’s! 🌸

Their stunning floral display brings such a beautiful pop of color and charm to historic downtown Franklin and makes an already picture-perfect corner feel even more magical.✨

🇺🇸 Welcome to America’s Favorite Main Street.

There are some places that simply feel like Leiper’s Fork. ❤️ 🍳🥓🥞Serving up country cooking since 1968!The Country Boy h...
08/18/2026

There are some places that simply feel like Leiper’s Fork. ❤️ 🍳🥓🥞Serving up country cooking since 1968!

The Country Boy has been a part of this little village for almost six decades serving generations of locals and visitors good old-fashioned Southern comfort food. Think hot coffee, bacon and eggs, biscuits, country ham—and the kind of breakfast that feels like it came straight from Grandma’s kitchen.

Over the years, The Country Boy has changed hands and even closed its doors a few times, but its place in the community has endured. When it reopened in late 2023, the goal was to bring back the character and traditions people remembered—including those familiar breakfasts and the wonderfully nostalgic atmosphere.

And then there’s that 10¢ Kissing Booth out front… because apparently breakfast tastes even better with a little sugar. 😘🤠

Nearly six decades later, The Country Boy is still one of those wonderfully unpolished places that helps make Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, so special.

📸 Veronica Maschietto

📍The Country Boy
4141 Old Hillsboro Road
Leiper’s Fork (Franklin), TN 37064

08/14/2026

✨We are proud to officially announce that we have joined Corcoran Reverie, a luxury real estate brokerage located inside a beautiful historic home at 701 West Main Street in downtown Franklin. 🏡🤍

Rachael and I truly believe God opened this door and led us to a place where we can continue to grow, level up, and serve our clients with even greater resources and care.

The Corcoran name has an incredible legacy in real estate, beginning with the one and only Barbara Corcoran—yes, that Barbara from Shark Tank! 🦈

The name Reverie means daydream and imagining what’s possible because every beautiful home begins with a dream. ✨

We’re still the same Buffie & Rachael, still serving Franklin, Williamson County, and Middle Tennessee, just in a beautiful historic home and an exciting new chapter ahead.

Here’s to dream homes, new beginnings, and helping our clients make their own reveries a reality. 🏡✨

Welcome to our new chapter at Corcoran Reverie!

📍 Corcoran Reverie | Franklin Campus
701 W. Main Street | Franklin, TN 37064
Buffie Baril & Rachael Putney
Tennessee REALTORS®
📱 615-881-4119 (m) • 615-250-7880 (o)
📧 [email protected]
✨ Luxury Real Estate
Franklin • Williamson County • Middle Tennessee

08/11/2026

🎓Welcome to the NEW Innovation Center! Williamson County Schools recently celebrated the ribbon cutting of its brand-new, state-of-the-art Innovation Center, opening to students this month!✨

Designed to connect students with hands-on learning, real-world industry experience and exciting career opportunities, the approximately 26,000-square-foot facility features classrooms, collaborative meeting spaces, a culinary kitchen, grab-and-go eatery and community spaces.

Located on the same campus as the Entrepreneurship Center, the Innovation Center was made possible through the Innovative Schools Model grant.

Even more exciting, all Williamson County Schools high school students in grades 9–12 will have the opportunity to apply for programs offering high school credit in:

✈️ Aviation
⚙️ Advanced Power & Machinery
💻 Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence
🚒 Fire Management Services
🍽️ Hospitality & Tourism

What an incredible opportunity for students to explore potential careers, develop real-world skills and discover what inspires them before they even graduate!

👏 Congratulations to Williamson County Schools and everyone who helped bring this innovative vision to life.

📍 Williamson County Schools Innovation Center
106 Claude Yates Drive
Franklin, TN 37064

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