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BEECH CREEK ROAD

Pure imagination
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IN 1957 WORK BEGAN ON WHAT WOULD INSPIRED BY THE BAUHAUS MOVEMENT AND

ULTIMATELY BECOME NOTHING SHORT OF INTERNATIONAL MODERNISM, THE HOME

AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE.
IS A STARK CONTRAST TO THE IDYLLIC

SETTING WHERE IT PROUDLY STANDS.
NASHVILLE ARCHITECT BOB STREET WAS

COMMISSIONED BY THE LAST PRIVATE DRIVING DOWN THE TREE LINED DRIVEWAY
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TENANTS OF CHEEKWOOD, WALTER AND ONE REALIZES THE SETTING OF THE HOME A
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HULDA CHEEK-SHARP, TO CREATE AN FEELS LIKE A RETREAT TO A ROMANTIC, K
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URBAN RETREAT SET AMIDST 400 ACRES OF FORESTED GETAWAY.
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ROLLING TENNESSEE HILLS.
THIS HOME IS A LIVING ESSAY ON STYLE L
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AND A TESTAMENT TO THE MANNER IN R
22 ACRES WERE CARVED OUT FOR THE O
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WHICH A BUILDING CAN MAKE US RE- N
RESIDENCE AND THE REMAINING LAND O
EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR S
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PLACED IN A DEEDED LAND TRUST ON
SURROUNDINGS.
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CURRENTLY KNOWN AS OWL’S HILL NATURE E
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PRESERVE.
RARELY DOES AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENT A
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ITSELF TO BECOME THE STEWARDS OF A WI

THE LAND IS PROTECTED, IN PERPETUITY, BY
PIECE OF HISTORY . . . OF ARCHITECTURAL
THUS CREATING AN ENCLAVE OF ABSOLUTE paradiseRE
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IMPORTANCE . . . OF .
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PRIVACY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
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