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207 West 6th Street
Columbia, TN
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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.
