Fun find: country legend Tammy Wynette’s former Nashville home, First Lady Acres, is on the market
One of the many perks of living in Nashville: Feels like at least a few times a year, you get a chance to own a piece of country music history.
The latest historical treasure to hit the market: 4121 Franklin Pike, the Oak Hill estate known as “First Lady Acres,” once home to country legend Tammy Wynette.
We always get a thrill seeing homes with fascinating stories come up for sale in Nashville — especially if we get the opportunity to show them to our buyers — so seeing this listing on the MLS inspired us to learn a little more.
About First Lady Acres
The nearly 10,000-square-foot home was bought for Wynette by her then-husband, fellow country legend George Jones, as a wedding gift in 1974. Unfortunately, their marriage didn’t last well beyond. They divorced in 1975, and First Lady Acres tends to be read as the setting for Jones’ heartbreaking hit “The Grand Tour,” which walks through an empty home after a marriage disintegrates. (Even though he cut it before their split.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIEwgkcVWLk
Long before the “I Believe in Nashville” murals were a twinkle in anyone’s eye, First Lady Acres’ front gate was a beloved Nashville selfie spot, and a piece of sacred ground for country music aficionados. (Years ago, Entertainment Weekly included the home among a rundown of “What’s country in America,” next to our museums, The Ryman and Music Row.)
Wynette stayed in the house for almost two decades, selling First Lady Acres in 1992. It stayed in the music family, though, as home to banjo master Earl Scruggs and wife Louise Scruggs. It went on the market again in 2003, a year after Earl Scruggs’ death.
The property’s musical history didn’t stop there — its most recent owners, former Train drummer Scott Underwood and his wife Cheryl, bought the place last summer, and launched a complete overhaul.
Like a before-and-after?
Hillbilly Hideaways, a Facebook page that offers “virtual tours of the homes of Country Music’s celebrities and legends,” has a fantastic crop of photos that show First Lady Acres’ earlier years, including snapshots of Scruggs playing and Wynette and Jones in their happier days. Click the image above to see more.
For the 2017 First Lady Acres reveal, click here (or the image below) to pull up the listing page on our site, with a gallery of photos of the renovation. If you’ve been known to ooh and ahh over an HGTV show, you’ll probably enjoy it.
On eight acres in one of Nashville’s most highly regarded areas, 4121 Franklin Pike is definitely more than a story — just as a piece of Nashville real estate, it has lots to offer, including a pool, cabana, theater room, putting green, helipad, separate recording studio and more.
And the design team overhauled nearly every inch of the place, from the landscaping to the gourmet kitchen. Kinda fun fact: Wynette’s closet was left mostly unchanged, though.
There’s lots more about the home at 4121franklinpike.com. Hope you enjoyed the little recap of its history.
Are you about to start looking for a luxury home like this in Nashville? Something a little more cozy? Please let us know if we can help — we work with buyers and sellers throughout Nashville, from country-legend budgets to first-time buyers. Call or email Radius Residential Partners, and tell us what you’re looking for.
Included listing via MLS, not under agreement with Radius Residental Partners and/or Village Real Estate.
Published on 2017-04-04 16:06:10
