An original will of Melanie Adam, dated March 8th, 1910. Illustrates the first page of the document. Adam’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 24th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of Mrs. Daisy R. Arceneaux, dated May 7th, 1910. Illustrates the first page of the document. The verso cites the probate date of July 1st, 1910 in “WB 37:320, MB 12:445” in the Davidson County Court. Forms part of Record...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House as it appeared in 1910. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. Construction on the building started in 1859 and finished in...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House as it appeared around 1910. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. Construction on the building started in 1859 and finished...
A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking north from Church Street in downtown Nashville. Both sides of the street are lined with businesses including Castner Knott and Blach's, both department stores. Some carriages are parked on the sides of the road,...
A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking south from Union Avenue in downtown Nashville. Both sides of the street are lined with businesses including Houck's, a music shop, and S. H. Kress & Co., a five and dime retail store. Horses and carriages are...
A postcard of the Duncan Hotel built in 1889 by wealthy Nashville broker William M. Duncan. This massive brick building was trimmed in stone and occupied a fourth of the block on the southeast corner of Cherry and Cedar Street (now Fourth and...
A postcard of the Nashville Reservoir located on Eighth Avenue South. An electric streetcar is pictured on the road. In 1889 the city built the reservoir on top of Kirkpatrick Hill on the site of Fort Casino just south of downtown Nashville. The...
Mary Frances Battle Perry as a young girl, in a white dress with ruffles and a large white bow in her hair. Born in 1897, Mary Frances Battle Perry was the daughter of Alfred Blackman and Blanche Goodall Battle, the sister of Anne Elizabeth...
A postcard of the early St. Thomas Hospital, sometimes referred to as St. Thomas Sanitarium. The hospital is named for its founder, Bishop Thomas S. Byrne of Nashville. In 1898 he bought a mansion home in a residential West End neighborhood on...
A postcard of the Sam Davis Home, located in Smyrna, Tennessee. This two-story home is the site where Sam Davis (1842-1863), "the Boy Hero of the Confederacy" grew up, he being the oldest son of Charles Lewis and Jane Simmons Davis. The home was...
A postcard of the Union Bank and Trust Company building, located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee at 225 Third Avenue, North. The bank was organized circa the 1880s. Leslie Cheek was elected president circa 1909, succeeding Edgar Jones. In 1911 the...
An original will of Christina E. Abbay. Illustrates the first page of the document.Abbay's will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 12th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1780-1925.
An original will of G. W. Abernathy, dated December 15, 1909. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abernathy’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on December 20th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Benjamin B. Allen, dated July 14, 1896. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 28th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A photograph of The Confederate Soldiers Home, on the grounds of The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson. The home opened on 12 May 1892 and provided shelter, comfort and medical attention to almost 700 veterans during its 41 years of...
An original will of Martha F. Armstrong, dated August 23rd, 1909. Illustrates a single page of the document. Armstrong’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on February 11th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Annetta Atkeisson, dated February 24th, 1902. Illustrates the first page of the document. Atkeisson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on August 16th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
A color postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, renamed Shelby Street Bridge. The bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to Downtown. At completion, the bridge was hailed as the "finest highway bridge...
A postcard of the Hermitage Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hermitage Club building was first a downtown residence in between Church and Union Streets at 233 Sixth Avenue North, then called High Street. The builder of the house was Confederate...