This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
This monument features a statue by George Julian Zolnay of the Confederate boy hero, Sam Davis. The statue dressed in a Confederate uniform is seated on a rock and holding his rifle in one hand with its butt resting on the ground. The base of the...
Front of postcard sending Greetings from Nashville, and showing several buildings of note, with the Parthenon and Lake of Centennial Park pictured in the center panel. The other buildings depicted on the postcard are (from left to right) Andrew...
A postcard showing drawings of the Parthenon and the First American National Bank Building. The Parthenon, located in Centennial Park, is a reproduction of the Greek Athenian Temple. This full scale replica was originally constructed out of wood,...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, located off of Centennial Boulevard in West Nashville. Built in 1897, this structure takes on the appearance of a Gothic castle. At the time of its construction, this building was considered one of...
Construction of the Maxwell House Hotel was not completed when Federal troops seized the building for use as a prison for Confederate soldiers. The cornerstone was laid in August of 1860, and the formal opening was in September of 1869. Isaiah...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
Aerial view of Nashville's Centennial Park which was the site of and named in celebration of the city's 100th anniversary. Pictured are the Parthenon and Lake Wautauga. 35 mm
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original building structures are...
Opened on Thanksgiving Eve of 1953 and displayed yearly during the Christmas season, the nativity scene at Centennial Park was a gift to the city of Nashville given by Fred Harvey. It was created by sculptor Guido Rabacini and executed by the...
A photograph showing two of the Nashville Public Library bookmobiles and drivers in Nashville's Centennial Park, circa 1955. The Parthenon, originally built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition, is pictured in the background. The bookmobile...
This program from the 1923 Annual Banquet of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, held at the Centennial Club, boasts a number of distinguished guests, including architect and past president Henry C. Hibbs. Henry C. Hibbs...
A photograph of the sculpture of the east pediment and metopes of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. The pediment sculpture shows an artists conception of the birth of Athena, who was depicted in Greek myth as having sprung, full grown and in...
A photograph of visitors at the entrance to the first Parthenon replica in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition of 1897. The photograph shows the West Pediment and architectural elements of the façade,...
This program from the 1923 Annual Banquet of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, held at the Centennial Club, boasts a number of distinguished guests, including architect and past president Henry C. Hibbs. Henry C. Hibbs...