A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol at night. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Office Building, located east of the Capitol at 500 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The 108,349 square foot building is an example of the "New Deal" era style of government buildings constructed in the...
A postcard of the War Memorial Building on Memorial Plaza stretching between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues. This building was built by the state, county and city in 1925 to honor the Tennesseans who served in...
A postcard of the War Memorial Building on Memorial Plaza stretching between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues. This building was built by the state, county and city in 1925 to honor the Tennesseans who served in...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue discussed was the calling of the National...
A photograph of St. Mary's Catholic Church located at 330 Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. St. Mary's Catholic Church, the first Roman-Catholic Cathedral in Tennessee, was designed by William Strickland, architect for the...
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in...
A 1956 shopping and visitors map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The streets are labeled with address numbers and building names. A straight listing of prominent buildings and stores by category is also included on the lower portion of the...
A carte-de-visite studio portrait of William A. Eichbaum. Eichbaum was born in 1787 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of German immigrants. He immigrated to the United States around 1820, and came to Nashville, Tennessee around 1821. He married Catherine...
A postcard of Nashville's City Hospital (later known as Nashville General Hospital, 72 Hermitage Avenue) as it appeared circa 1913. This stately edifice was designed by Thompson & Gibel, Architects. It was the first city-owned and operated...
A photograph of a couple dressed in Easter finery relaxing in Memorial Plaza which stretched between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues facing the Tennessee State Capitol. Similar photos appeared in the Nashville...
3; 15; 32.0x32.0; 11; III; 12/12/1855; Bateman, Mary 1782-1853; Cain, Ira 1873-1909; Kendrick, James 1824-1886; Kendrick, Sallie Fluker 1835-1885; Kendrick, infant Fluker; Kendrick, Sarah H -1855; Smith, Charlotte O. 1808-1877; Smith, Joel M....
3; 15; 32.0x32.0; 11; III; 12/12/1855; Bateman, Mary 1782-1853; Cain, Ira 1873-1909; Kendrick, James 1824-1886; Kendrick, Sallie Fluker 1835-1885; Kendrick, infant Fluker; Kendrick, Sarah H -1855; Smith, Charlotte O. 1808-1877; Smith, Joel M....