A photograph of the Doctors' Building located on the corner of Church Street and Polk Street. The steel frame structure was built in two stages. The first three stories were built in 1916 and the second three stories were built in 1921. ...
A photograph of Belmont Baptist Church located on the corner of 12th Avenue South and Beechwood Avenue. Two men stand outside of the entrance. The church was built in 1906 as Belmont Baptist Church. In 1921 the church was sold and became Waverly...
A photograph of Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, built in 1921. This church is located at 4508 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville Tennessee. It is the second structure erected to house its members at the corner of Charlotte and Forty-sixth Avenues....
Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, built in 1921, is the second structure erected to house its members at the corner of Charlotte and Forty-Sixth Avenues. Originally, church members met at an old railroad depot at Forty-First and Charlotte. In...
An original will of Francesco Alessio, October 22nd, 1900, witnessed on November 10th, 1914 by Joe Toso and Alex Colorigh. Illustrates the first page of the document, a translation in English; includes the original will by Alessio written in...
An original will of Martha A. Allen, dated December 31st, 1919. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 30th, 1921. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
An original will of Pauline P. Allen, dated February 4th, 1920. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on November 14th, 1921. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Katie Watts Anderson, dated August 22nd, 1920. Illustrates the first page of the document. Anderson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 15th, 1921. Forms part of Record Group 16,...
A typescript original will of Mrs. Mary K. Bailey, of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, dated February 21st, 1920, with a codicil dated February 28th, 1920. Illustrates the first page of the document. Bailey’s will was presented for...
An original will of J. H. Baker, Sr., dated May 8th, 1909. Illustrates the first page of the document. Baker’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on January 4th, 1921. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A postcard of Broadway Presbyterian Church, located at 1616 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was dedicated on January 11, 1911. The foundation was made of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls were tan brick. The roof...
An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...
A photograph of the former Belmont Baptist Church, now Hope Center located at 2415 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was erected in 1906 on the corner of 12th Avenue South and Beechwood Avenue. Its address was originally...
Jesse Clifton Burt, Jr., in middle age, wearing a brown suit and green tie, with his arms crossed. His wedding band and watch are visible. Historian, author, and free-lance writer, Jesse Burt was born in 1921 in Nashville, Tennessee, to Jesse...
Dewey Grantham, with dark hair and wearing a brown suit and black tie. He is leaning and seems as if in conversation. Born in 1921 in Georgia, Dewey W. Grantham was a Vanderbilt University professor and scholar of twentieth-century southern...
A photograph of E. Gray Smith, Packard dealership, located at 2400 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. E. Gray Smith was a longtime Nashville auto dealer whose father was one of the first local car dealers starting around 1902. In this view of...
The Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to the downtown area. A river boat can be seen in the foreground, as well as a mule/horse-drawn wagon. The...
An original will of W. F. Askew, dated May 18th, 1921. Illustrates the first page of the document. The will cites Askew was “a member of the Masonic Home … all of the above said property to be turned over to the Board of Control to be used by...
An original will of Mrs. A. M. Ball, dated November 28th, 1921. Illustrates the first page of the document. Ball’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on July 13th, 1923. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A postcard of Radnor College in Nashville, Tennessee. Radnor College was started in 1906 on a hill overlooking Nolensville Pike by Presbyterian minister Andrew Nelson Eshman. Famous for its free four-week travel program, this women's college sent...