The Nashville Chair Company relocated at 309 South First Street in East Nashville about 1925 from the Public Square. The company was in business at this location through the mid 1990's. This building was demolished to make way for the Adelphia...
Nashville firefighters check billboards announcing Fire Prevention Week atop the Patent Button Company, on the north side of the Nashville Public Square. The adjacent building at the corner of the public square and 2nd Avenue North is home to the...
Nashville Photo Service, 1115 Woodland Street, at the intersection of Woodland Street and North 12th Street in historic East Nashville in 1951. 3 x 4 in.
The buildings of Neuhoff Packing Company were erected between 1906 and 1950. The complex, located along the Cumberland River near downtown, was abandoned in 1977 when the business was closed. 3 x 4 in.
The Holiday Inn on James Robertson Parkway at 8th Avenue North opened in January of 1960. The one million dollar, one hundred unit hotel was north of the Tennessee State Capitol building. 3 x 4 in.
Mayor Ben West and Charlie Nickens are shown in front of the Charlie Nickens restaurant on Jefferson Street at 3rd Avenue North. A longtime Nashville landmark, the restaurant was known for barbeque and drive in service. 3 x 4 in.
One Hundred Oaks Shopping Center, Nashville's first enclosed mall, was under construction when this sign advertised space for lease. Harveys, Penneys and Woolco department stores were already under contract. 3 x 4 in.
An excerpt from an interview with Clay Bailey, conducted on March 1, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Bailey discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Milton Sitton, conducted on November 22, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Sitton discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Harry Lester, conducted on May 3, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Lester discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with George Cate, conducted on January 18, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Cate discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
The Congregation Sherith Israel, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, acquired property in 1948 on West End Avenue. The congregation moved from its Fifth Avenue building to the new location in April of 1948. Zalman Posner, longtime rabbi to the...
Third Baptist Church was organized in 1876. In 1877 the membership erected a building on a Jefferson Street site given to the congregation by First Baptist Church. In 1899 the congregation purchased a lot on Monroe Street and in 1904, using brick...
Meridian Street Methodist Church was organized in 1924 with the consolidation of two churches, McFerrin Memorial, located on Meridian Street in North Edgefield, and Alex Erwin Church located where Douglas Ave. intersects Dickerson Road. The...
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...
A photgraph of Nashville Mayor Ben West giving a presentation on annexation, 1951. The residents of the subdivision known as Urbandale signed a petition to be annexed by the city in October of 1951. The photo shows Mayor West giving a speech...
A photograph of Mayor Ben West giving an insurance report to WLAC-TV News station on May 23, 1961. The other officials and cameramen pictured with Mayor West are unidentified. b & w; 3 x 4 in.
A photograph of Mayor Ben West giving an insurance report to WLAC-TV News station on May 23, 1961. The other officials pictured with Mayor West are unidentified. b & w; 3 x 4 in.