Treehouse Restaurant
The owners of three prominent Five Points parcels — one of which is home to Treehouse Restaurant — are looking at options for a trio of structures on the site, including demolition.
Of note, the Metro Historic Zoning Commission Wednesday afternoon unanimously denied the request to demolish.
The parcels have addresses of 1007-1011 Clearview Ave. and are owned variously by members of the Spicher family, which includes wife and husband, and retirees, Paula and Buddy Spicher — the latter of whom is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Spicher is a fiddler and was a member of the so-called Nashville A-Team of session musicians.
The Spichers have potential buyers of the properties and, according to sources, the would-be purchasers are pondering various options should they make the acquisition. One of those would include demo and redevelopment.
Treehouse Restaurant opened in 2013 at 1011 Clearview Ave. and is known for craft cocktails and an inventive menu. Matt Spicher and Corey Ladd own the restaurant business.
Ladd, Spicher’s nephew and Paula and Buddy's grandson, tells the Scene Treehouse is not closing.
“Today was a submission for if we [hypothetically] could demo,” he says. “We are evaluating all options.”
Fiddle House, an acoustic string shop that deals in violin rental, repair and restoration, operates in one of the three buildings.
In the late 1980s, the Spichers acquired the 1009 and 1011 parcels for $25,000 and $22,000 respectively. In 2007, David Spicher and two individuals with the last name Tillis acquired the 2007 parcel for $175,000.
According to a Metro document, and in a letter penned by the elder Spichers, the family is making an economic hardship case. They want to sell the three parcels as one for maximum return on their investment.Â
The three homes likely were constructed prior to World War II, according to MHZC records.
