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All about Landmark
Description: This atypical neighborhood of cluster homesm was not annexed into Brentwood until after the houses were built, located in west Brentwood.
Entrance: Entrance on Maryland Way and Granny White Pike.
No. of homes: 70 homes
Price Range: $15,000-$525,000
Timeline: Built in the 1980s
HOA dues: $400/year
Utilities: Underground utilities
Notes: Common areas, mature trees, neighbohood is not gated but is walled for privacy, custom street lights and signs. Neighborhood coffees four times a yeaer, "First Thursdays" cocktail hours, July 4th celebration, annual homeowners breeakfast in December, other parties. They have a Facebook page.
Schools: SES,BMS,BHS
Website:www.landmarkbrentwood.wordpress.com
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By SUSAN LEATHERS
Brentwood Home Page
Landmark is the type of neighborhood many Brentwood residents of a certain age say they would love to live in.
But unless you’re lucky enough to snag one of the few that ever come on the market, the chances of finding yourself living in a cluster-home development with spacious homes on small lots close to everything are not good.
Landmark, bordered on the north and south between Old Hickory Boulevard and Maryland Way and east and west between Granny White Pike and Johnson’s Chapel Road, is an anomaly in the city.
The subdivision, developed by Ken Stanfill in the early 1980s, was annexed into the city after the houses were built. That’s why it doesn’t follow the one-house-one-acre requirement that’s typical of most Brentwood subdivisions.
Though not gated, it is surrounded by a brick wall which provides privacy, especially for the homes that back up to its perimeters.
“I love being close to everything without having to go on any of the major highways,” said Margie Jones, who moved to her Wellesley Drive home in 1999. And the small lots get her stamp of approval. “I do like the postage-size stamped yard,” she said.
Landmark has a unique history in addition to its small lots. According to a column by late city historian Vance Little, a prominent Nashville family’s summer home once occupied the site that is now home to 70 families. It was also the site of “Rucker’s Stand,” a Civil War skirmish won by the Confederates and commemorated in the Murray Lane entrance to Princeton Hills subdivision.
On Jan. 12, three homes were listed for sale in the unique community, ranging in price from $415,000 to $525,000
A neighborhood website is kept up to date and the active homeowners association and restrictive covenants are largely responsible for the well-maintained neighborhood. “Neighbors know each other well and help each other out,” the website states.
Jones says it’s true. Neighbors gather for monthly get-togethers throughout the year.
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