Front of a color postcard depicting the eight-story high Davidson County Public Building and Court House, completed in 1937 at a cost of $2,000,000. Located on the site of the Old County Court House, it housed the county administrative offices and...
A photograph of the old Elks Lodge no. 72, located at 310 6th Avenue North, bordered by Deaderick Street, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The lodge was home to the Elks, beginning in 1904, serving numerous community functions and charity projects...
A color postcard view down Church Street to the Independent Life Building at Fourth Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. An additional title on the card reads "Nashville, the Powder City of the World." Forms part of the Nashville Room Postcard...
A color postcard of Lower Broad Street (now Broadway), near the Ryman Auditorium, where country music started in Nashville and country music stars were often seen prior to performances. The street has some of the oldest buildings in town and is a...
Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, J. S. Reeves and Company, and D. F. Siler Company were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall...
W. S. Riddle Notion Company, Sam Lapidus Clothing Company, Southern Coat and Dress Company, Golden Art Hosiery, and Everett Beasley Inc. were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville, Tennessee....
A postcard aerial view of downtown Nashville, circa 1940. Leading up to the 1940s, Nashville's importance as a trading center grew steadily, and the city was known to the business world as "The Commercial Capital of the Central South." The...
A color postcard showing a bird's eye view of Nashville from Polk Flats. Polk Flats was an apartment building in Nashville, situated in between seventh and eighth avenues in the heart of downtown. The complex was built in the 1890s to take the...
A color postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, renamed Shelby Street Bridge. The bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to Downtown. At completion, the bridge was hailed as the "finest highway bridge...
A postcard of Castle Hall, the meeting place for the Joel A. Battle Lodge. Col. Joel A. Battle was a Knight of Pythias, and to show the high esteem in which his brethren of this order held him, several years following his death in 1872, a lodge...
A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount...
A postcard of Court Square on Market Day. Court Square, also referred to as Court House Square or Public Square, was located right in the center of the city. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center, was a focus of...
A postcard of the Court House as it appeared in 1905. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. Construction on the building started in 1859 and finished in 1863. Situated...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House as it appeared in 1910. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. Construction on the building started in 1859 and finished in...
A photograph of Eighth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Built by Reverend R.L. Watson in 1945, this church building initially housed First Emmanuel Church. The Eighth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1913. In the...
A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...
A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...
A postcard of the Davidson County Court House as it appeared around 1910. The courthouse was designed in 1857 by Francis Strickland, son of William Strickland, who built the State Capitol. Construction on the building started in 1859 and finished...
A photograph of Central Church of Christ located at 145 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1925 with a congregation of only 47 members. Membership today now exceeds 1,200. Early works of the church ranged from general...
A photograph of Christ Church Cathedral located at 900 Broadway Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. Christ Church Cathedral serves as the Cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. Originally built in 1830 on the corner of Sixth Avenue and...