A photograph of Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church. Formerly Twelfth Avenue Church of Christ, Abyssinia Missionary Baptist sits at 1810 Twelfth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The current Baptist congregation gained the church in 1971. ...
A bulldozer at the construction site in front of the Bijou Theatre in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, July 17th 1957. This entertainment venue, located at 423 Fourth Avenue N in downtown Nashville, was one of the first African American theatre...
A bulldozer at the construction site in front of the Bijou Theatre in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, July 17th 1957. This entertainment venue, located at 423 Fourth Avenue N in downtown Nashville, was one of the first African American theatre...
A photograph of Central Church of Christ located at 145 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1925 with a congregation of only 47 members. Membership today now exceeds 1,200. Early works of the church ranged from general...
Aldermen pass electric street light bill by a vote of ten to four. The vote approves a contract with Brush Electric Light Company for two hundred lights.
28; /; 10.0x20.0; 319; I; 06/02/1845; Can't find the lot--somewhere near Cedar on the West side. Possible that it be either Southeast 28 , Lot 32 or Northeast 28. Lot 17.
8; 26; 17.0x40.0; 341; III; 07/20/1854; This vault flooded in 1920--moved to Mount Olivet were: (latter four names) reburied in front of the vault (their graves are marked by a slab); Harrison, Ellen Trabue; Harrison, Horace H.; Trabue, Andrew E.;...
A photograph of the Eighth Avenue Church of Christ, located at 1217 Eighth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was established in 1887, and the church was built in1942 as indicated on the cornerstone. The foundation is...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...
Excerpt from an oral history interview with Casey Goddard, conducted on February 17, 2011 by Susannah Gibbons as part of the Flood 2010 Digital History Project. Casey Goddard discusses his escape from his flooded Pennington Bend neighborhood. ...
An excerpt from an interview with Cecil Branstetter, conducted on February 17, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Branstetter discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. ...
An excerpt from an interview with Dick Battle, conducted on November 17, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Battle discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
The City of Nashville Fire Department video, entitled "Think, A False Alarm May Cost a Life", was produced circa 1955. The Fire Department created this video to educate the public about what occurs when a fire alarm is pulled. The film begins...
A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about a fire that gutted a home on Lynwood Boulevard. The caption reads: “Fire which broke out shortly after noon today gutted the home of J. A. Hawkinson on Lynwood Boulevard. Apparently...
28; Northeast; 46; 17.0x10.0; *Can't find the deed, but according to the Platt book, this lot is owned by a Fisher.; Fisher, R.F. 1828-29; Burke, R.W. (inf)
A photograph of the former Gospel Chapel, now known as King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church. Historically located at 1419 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee, this church is currently listed as being at 1417 Tenth Avenue North. A new...
A stock certificate of the antebellum period issued to William Harrison, Sr. certifying capital stock in the Franklin and Columbia Turnpike Company, as witnessed on Dec. 2, 1850. Historically, the turnpikes started with local ownership in the form...