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 Union Street looking toward Fifth Avenue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Businesses line both sides of the street. Identifiable signage includes the Linen Store, Economy Shoe Store and L.H. Brooks, a clothing company. Busy...
A photograph of Sixty-first Avenue United Methodist Church located at 6018 New York Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The church's original site address was 6020 New York Avenue. The foundation is made of concrete blocks, painted white. The...
A photograph of the Ryman Auditorium located at 116 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. Built as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1892, the structure was designed by architect Hugh Thompson for worship, but is perhaps best-known as the one-time...
The Life & Casualty Building towers over historic buildings situated along Fourth Avenue North. The west side of the street between Church and Union Streets was home to clothing and shoe stores such as Steins and Burton Chambers, both men's...
A photograph of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Nashville's second-oldest Episcopal church building. This church is located at 615 Sixth Avenue South. The congregation was founded in 1852 as a free church, open to all people. Holy Trinity evolved...
A photograph of King Temple Church of God in Christ. The survey indicates that this church is located at 1301 Lischey Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee; however, all city directories list the address as being 1310 Lischey Avenue. The cornerstone...
A photograph of Nashville First Church of the Nazarene located in East Nashville at 510 Woodland Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1887 as the Woodland Street Presbyterian Church. The edifice was severely damaged in the...
A Japanese-inspired Christmas bulletin listing the service times for Catholic mass and Protestant services to be held for the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division in Kyushu, Japan, 1945. This bulletin was collected by American Marine, Melvin C....
A two-page typewritten letter by Jessie Wallace to her mother, Mrs. C.M. (Lorine) Wallace of Ames, Iowa. Jessie grew up in Oklahoma and her family moved to Iowa during the Depression. During World War II, Jessie Wallace (later McNutt) served in...
A photograph of Olivet Missionary Baptist Church located at 1811 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Over the years the church has been known as both Olivet Missionary Baptist and Olivet Baptist. The congregation is historically African...
A photograph of Russell Street Church of Christ located at 819 Russell Street in Nashville, Tennessee. During the time this survey was taken, the building was not in use and under renovation. The architecture is Gothic in style. The foundation...
A photograph of Saint Ann's Catholic Church located at 5101 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The parish was founded in 1917 as Saint Peter's Catholic Mission. In these early days the congregation met once a month for mass in an already...
Oral history excerpts from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman, former State Representative for the 53rd District, civic leader and Davidson County, Tennessee Clerk John H. Arriola, Jr., conducted on 05 June 2007 by James T. Havron...
Opened in January of 1940, Carter-Lawrence Elementary was a combination of two previously separate schools. Carter Elementary, containing grades one through six, was located just north of the present site on 12th Avenue South. Lawrence Elementary,...
A photograph of West End Synagogue located at 3810 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Constructed in 1950, this synagogue is home to Nashville's second oldest Jewish congregation which was established in 1874 by 20 Jewish families. The...
A photograph of the YMCA Community Action Project building located at 1021 Russell Street in the East Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This structure was originally built as Russell Street Presbyterian Church in about 1910 and has...
A photograph of Charter Commission members at work, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are Alexander Looby, Cecil Branstetter, Harlan Dodson, and Edward Hicks. These four men were appointed to both the first and second Charter...
A photograph of Charter Commission members in conversation, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are G. S. Meadors, R. N. Chenault, Charlie Warfield, and Cecil Branstetter. Meadors was a member of the first Charter Commission and...
A photograph of Charter Commission member Rebecca Thomas, circa 1962. Thomas was a law partner of Ben West and was appointed by him to both the first and second Charter Commissions. b & w; 35 mm.