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City Market House, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1936
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City Market House, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1936
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Title
City
Market
House
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
circa
1936
Corporate name
City Market House (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Covered markets--Tennessee--Nashville
Marketplaces--Tennessee--Nashville
Construction industry--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
A
view
of
roof
work
construction
at the
City
Market
Building
, a
municipal
market
house
and
private
garage
for the
automobiles
of
city
officials
. This
structure
was
built
on the
north
side
of the
Public
Square
in
downtown
Nashville
. The
completed
new
structure
was
designed
by
architect
Henry
C
.
Hibbs
, with the
construction
contract
awarded
to
Foster
and
Creighton
General
Contractors
. This
structure
is
built
of
brick
on a
concrete
frame
, with its
pitched
roof
of
copper
with a
dome
extending
up
from a
flat
roof
around
the
edge
of the
building
. In
later
years
, the
building
was
enlarged
and
became
the
Ben
West
Municipal
Building
.
Forms
part
of the
Foster
&
Creighton
General
Contractors
Collection
.
1
b
&
w
photograph
.
Creator
Dury’s
(Nashville
,
Tenn.)
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
ca.
1936
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Creighton Coll Nash Projects-Market House 1936 014
Relation
Foster
&
Creighton
General
Contractors
Collection
Coverage
1930-1939
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
:
Metro
Nashville
Archives
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives, Foster & Creighton General Contractors Collection
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