McGavock Farms: Historic, contemporary, convenient

 

All about McGavock Farms Description:  This sprawling neighborhood of executive homes is within walking distance of Brentwood middle and high schools, and Granny White Park. It is also near Brentwood Academy. Entrance: Two on Murray Lane; one on Granny White Pike No.of Homes: 191 Price Range: $600,000s-$1 million-plus Timeline: 1990-2008 HOA Dues: $35/month Utilities: underground Notes: Neighborhood social activities include an annual December holiday party at the park with horse carriage rides.  There's a neighborhood magazine called the McGavock Farms Monitor and website at McGavockFarmshoa.com Schools: SES,BMS,BHS

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McGavock Farms is a well-kept neighborhood of executive homes that stretches from Franklin Road to Granny White Pike, giving residents close access to Brentwood Middle, Brentwood High and Brentwood Academy schools.

With the completion of a fifth phase in the mid-2000s, the subdivision has now has 191 houses.

They range in size from about 4,000- to 8,000-plus square feet, and are arranged on lots that are one-half to one-third acre. For those who are familiar with the topography of Brentwood, McGavock Farms can be appreciated for its mostly level yards and streets.

The land on which it sits was once a plantation owned by the McGavock family. The McGavocks’ house still stands today in neighboring Brentwood Country Club, which leases it as a clubhouse.

A slave cemetery that was part of the McGavock plantation is preserved within a median on Murray Lane, where the neighborhood has two entrances.

The houses are mostly all brick traditional designs, with some of the newer ones in phase five having stone accents or mortar-rubbed exteriors.  The architecture in the last phase has more French and Italian country influences and the neighborhood includes a row of ultra-large mansions on Murray Lane.

Many of McGavock Farms houses have backyard pools, hot tubs, outdoor living rooms and kitchens.

The first homes were built in 1990, and the neighborhood was developed with underground utilities, custom streetlamps and an 18-acre park with walking paths, benches and a 2-acre lake.

Prices in McGavock Farms tend to be just under the $1 million mark to just under $2 million. This week Realtracs.com showed 11 McGavock Farms homes for sale, ranging in price from $699,000 to $1,990,000. They are placed throughout the subdivision from its first phases to its newest one, closest to Franklin Road.