Upstairs at Elm Springs, Columbia, TN (3 of 3)

Some of the furniture originally given to Sarah by her brother Nathaniel in 1838 still resides in the home. Additionally,  "The house retains its original interior features, including original mantels, the broad main staircase, rear service stairs, pocket doors and other trim.  Most of the floors in the house are original. made of poplar.  Other pieces of the furniture in the house today are original to the Looney family....", this according to elmspringscsa.com, the organization's website.

These features are especially impressive in the upstairs living quarters of the house.  At the top of the grand staircase, you are welcomed into the sitting parlor...

...with an exterior doorway leading to the upstairs balcony, looking across Mooresville Pike to the Fairmount estate.  The families "...were close friends and it is said that on still evenings they could call across to each other by only slightly raising their voices."  This, also according to elmspringscsa.com.

The interior doorways leading from this parlor provide access to the bedrooms.

These poplar floors are unequaled by any modern specimen and we owe General Armstrong a debt of gratitude for saving them from the ravages of war.

Don't forget to make Elm Springs a historic destination on your next visit to Middle Tennessee.