First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in...
A photograph of First Baptist Church Capitol Hill. Originally called First Colored Baptist Church, this African American church was founded by Reverend Nelson Merry in 1865. The church sprang from the First Colored Baptist Mission, a group of...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
A photograph of a collection of a portion of the original columns and capitals from the Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. The building was designed by architect William Strickland (1788-1854) and built between 1845 and 1859,...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights activists Bernard LaFayette, Jr., James Bevel and Ernest Rip Patton conducted on 17 January 2003 by Kathryn G. Bennett. In the excerpts Rev. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. discusses his decision as a young man...
On March 10, 1887, the first permanent house of worship for Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church was dedicated at 908 Cedar Street. The church was first conceived by Reverend R. T. Huffman and a number of his followers. Succeeding Reverend Huffman...
An undated photograph of an ionic capital column from the restoration of the Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. This remnant is derived from the original columns of the Capitol Building, which was renovated during a massive...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. This drawing...
A photograph of the B & W Cafeteria on Sixth Avenue North, Nashville Tennessee. The cafeteria was started by Fred R. Webber, Sr. around 1930. Sixth Avenue was a business hub in the late 1930s and 1940s. Thousands of workers came to the cafeteria...