Belle of the Boulevard

Amid a flurry of historic-house teardowns in Nashville, a 1926 Greek Revival rediscovers its vitality at the hands of three local design powerhouses.

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A LONG BELLE MEADE BOULEVARD, a prominent thoroughfare just outside the hum of Music City, old oaks and towering magnolias stand sentinel in front of historic estates. One such 1926 Greek Revival home had become something of a landmark to neighborhood residents Megan and Brian Fox, who had passed by often enough to have fallen completely in love with its preserved grandeur.

"We would drive by and look at it in awe-it was always such a gorgeous, beautifully maintained home, says Brian, whose fascination with the property came as no surprise to his wife. He is a fifth-generation Nashvillian whose great-grandfather built a house in 1920, which his grandmother and mother grew up in. "He had always wanted an older house like this, one with a lot of character," Megan says.