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Sanded the dining room floor today and once again found blood stains in front of windows and a footprint.
11/10/2024

Sanded the dining room floor today and once again found blood stains in front of windows and a footprint.

09/23/2024

The dining room restoration just keeps on giving. For years we have been told that a tunnel runs under this house We assumed it was in the cistern but we were way too chicken to get down there and check. Twice, delivery folks have told me that the tunnel was through the fireplace in the dining room. This fireplace had been bricked in and plastered over. We decided to open the fireplace back up. When Carl chipped all the brick away, we discovered that this fireplace has no floor and the inside below floor level is plastered. What in the world?!?! Next up, talking one of us into going in . . .
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08/20/2024

Reading a book by a window in this house is magical

So, I took the dining room ring to a jeweler to have it cleaned and it is gorgeous. The best part is the engraving on ei...
07/25/2024

So, I took the dining room ring to a jeweler to have it cleaned and it is gorgeous. The best part is the engraving on either side. Yes the engraving is an OWL. Victorians loved animals on their jewelry. The fact that we found this ring in the same room where Looney the Owl was residing this winter is not spooky at all . . .

From the room that just keeps producing treasures: I just found a ring in the dining room! I’m going to get it cleaned t...
07/24/2024

From the room that just keeps producing treasures: I just found a ring in the dining room! I’m going to get it cleaned tomorrow and take better pics but WOW!

And then there were 2! I just found a perfect match to the first button in the dining room ceiling debris. Judging from ...
07/20/2024

And then there were 2! I just found a perfect match to the first button in the dining room ceiling debris. Judging from how many buttons I am finding, it is by far the most likely thing to fall between the cracks of the floor. One of the other buttons I found is a Goodyear Hard Rubber button from 1851.

Today’s sweet find from the debris of the dining room ceiling: a tiny antique black jet button. We know the lady that li...
07/17/2024

Today’s sweet find from the debris of the dining room ceiling: a tiny antique black jet button. We know the lady that lived in the room above the dining room wore widows weeds most of her life after the civil war. I picture her looking everywhere for this button not knowing it fell between a crack in the floor.

This past weekend we started the restoration of the dining room. A large part of that is stripping off the old wallpaper...
07/15/2024

This past weekend we started the restoration of the dining room. A large part of that is stripping off the old wallpaper so we can repair the plaster. We are documenting all the patters and saving pieces where possible. I thought you would all enjoy the 5 layers we found.

Happy 4th of July from The Mule Capital of the World OR as some call it The Dimple of the Universe OR as we call it the ...
07/05/2024

Happy 4th of July from The Mule Capital of the World OR as some call it The Dimple of the Universe OR as we call it the view from our bed.

Light through old wavy glass windows makes the most beautiful shadows.
06/10/2024

Light through old wavy glass windows makes the most beautiful shadows.

04/07/2024
Happy Mule Day, y’all!
04/06/2024

Happy Mule Day, y’all!

03/23/2024

LJH just had our first visitors from Spain! A mom and daughter from Madrid and Barcelona were touring Columbia today. Thanks for stopping by.

Some of the latest and greatest finds as we spread out the dirt from where the garage is now. Two things are very clear....
03/04/2024

Some of the latest and greatest finds as we spread out the dirt from where the garage is now. Two things are very clear. 1. It was obviously where they threw away broken pottery. 2. There has been a wide range of china used in this house over the last 189 years.

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207 West 6th Street
Columbia, TN
37179

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Looney Jones House is now a premier shoot location.

Are you looking for a unique location in Middle Tennessee to shoot your movie, commercial, or still photos? Please consider the Looney Jones house. We are an 1835 home in historic downtown Columbia, Tennessee. Recently purchased by Carl and Angie Jones, we are thrilled to offer a setting very few other spots can claim. The house has survived to tell it’s story through the lives and deaths of several prominent families of this region.

The Looney Jones House is named for the family that built it in 1835. David Looney had it built for his bride Mary Ann Maguire. Tragically she died soon after in 1840. The next owner Pleasant Nelson purchased the home in 1839. Nelson added a large addition to the original house which changed the “front” direction of the home to face the more picturesque Nashville Highway below. At that time the house was one of the first homes constructed in the now historic city of Columbia.

The house is located on West 6th Street, one block away from U.S. President James K. Polk’s ancestral home. The Polks, the Looneys and the Nelsons undoubtedly were neighbors and shared many family meals together. James Polk would probably have been the first president to visit the Looney Jones House, but not the last. There are rumors of at least three future presidents visits.

The house was also the headquarters of the Union forces during the civil war. We are still in the research phase to determine who actually resided in home during this period. So far we are convinced at least one general was in the home. During other parts of the civil war, the home was used as a hospital, which was common for large homes throughout the south.