A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
A photograph of the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This five-story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners...
A photograph of Grace Apostolic Church (formerly Grace Baptist Church) located at 1100 Lischey Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was erected in 1925 for the Grace Baptist congregation with the entrance located at 1103 Stainback Avenue. ...
Photograph of Grace Evangelical Church, currently an Ethiopian Christian church located at 3701 Park Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly the historic Park Avenue Church of Christ, this church building changed hands in 1993, becoming Korean...
A photograph of Greater Revelations Baptist Church, formerly Church of the Living God. This church is located at 1029 Twelfth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is concrete. The exterior walls are light colored brick in the...
A photograph of New Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, formerly known as First United Brethren Church, located at 1700 Ninth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1904 as indicated on the cornerstone. The foundation...
A photograph of Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, formerly Church of the Advent, an Episcopal church located at 1200 Seventeenth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was formed in 1857 and the church building was erected in...
A photograph of Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home, formerly St. John's Episcopal Church, located at 1700 Hadley Avenue in the Historic Old Hickory Village in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The family-owned and operated business moved into the historic...
A photograph of Ray of Hope Community Church, formerly Meridian Street Methodist Church, located at 901 Meridian Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The rear part of the building was completed in 1925, while the front part, now the current sanctuary,...
A photograph of Salem African Methodist Episcopal Church formerly located at 1800 Fourth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation organized in 1867 according to the cornerstone. The exterior walls were red brick. The roof was made...
A photograph of Security Pawn, a pawnshop located at 3025 Nolensville Road in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly Fourth Avenue Church of Christ, this building was erected in the 1930s. The church later changed its name to Nolensville Road Church of...
A photograph of Swift Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, formerly Clay Street Christian Church, located at 1926 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls are red brick. The roof...
A photograph of True Pentecostal Witnesses Church, formerly Foster Chapel Baptist Church, located at 936 Lebanon Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The Foster Chapel congregation was organized in 1901, and their church building was constructed in...
A photograph of Word of Faith Christian Center located at 2635 Nolensville Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly Grandview Baptist Church, the address was originally listed in the city directory as 2641 Nolensville Road. Grandview Baptist was...
A listing of speakers and lecture hours are given for a lecture session taking place at the University of Nashville Medical Department. Formerly Davidson Academy and Cumberland College, the University of Nashville was so named at the suggestion of...
A photograph of the Ross Elementary School, located at 1300 Ordway Place (formerly Grove Avenue) in East Nashville, Tennessee. The notation reads: "Anne Hester entered in First Grade and finished 9th Grade, going then to Hume-Fogg where she...
A photograph of Fanning Orphan School, popularly known as Fanning College. The school was chartered in 1881 and opened in 1884. This non-extant school was located about five miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Couchville Pike (in the...
A photograph of pupils and faculty from the Fanning Orphan School, popularly known as Fanning College. The school was chartered in 1881 and opened in 1884. This non-extant school was located about five miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
A captioned photo, from the Nashville Times (1940), about students of the Robertson Academy. The caption reads: “A novel event Friday evening will be the revue … at Robertson Academy, in which students in the school will impersonate their...