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(MURFREESBORO)  The 1850 victorian mansion that was known as "The House of Mayors" is now only a memory. Under the long arm of the excavator, the final row of bricks along with insulation and wooden beams crashed into a pile at the corner of Spring and Bell Streets.  Endless rows of vehicle and pedestrian traffic slowly passed 500 N. Spring Street as if paying respect for the grand lady that once heard party laughter, Civil War cannons and the rush of a growi...

(MURFREESBORO)  The 1850 victorian mansion on the corner of Spring and Bell Streets is scheduled for demolition, according to the Rutherford County Historical Society. It is known as the House of Mayors, because four local mayors lived there:  Ingram B. Collier was the first to live in the home (mayor from 1872-1873), Newton B. Collier (mayor 1878-1879), James H. Crichlow Jr. (mayor 1900-1909). and N. Collier Crichlow (mayor .  In 1849 Architect Sterling B. Jo...