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. The drawing...
A photograph of the Central Church of Christ Girls' Home, located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Commerce Street in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to its razing in 1972. The Girls Home was established in 1927, by the Central Church of Christ,...
A photograph of Belmont Church, now located at 64 Music Square East. Originally the church was called Belmont Avenue Church of Christ and had an address of 64 Sixteenth Avenue South. While today the church has a non-denominational congregation,...
A photograph of the former Church of Christ located at Third Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee. This church went through many name changes over the years. In the 1960s the name changed to Third Avenue Church of Christ. In the 1990s the...
A photograph of the Church of God located at 1023 Third Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. A church of many names, this church began in the 1940s as Church of the First Born. In the 1960s the Nashville city directories record the name as ABC...
A photograph of the Downtown Presbyterian Church located on the corner of present day Fifth Avenue and Church Street. When the building was first erected in 1849 the streets were called Summer Street and Spring Street, and the structure briefly...
A photograph of First Baptist Church East Nashville. This African American church was founded in 1866 by the Reverend Randall B. Vandavall, a slave born on March 23, 1832 at Neely's Bend. In the early years, the church was called Vandavall's...
A photograph of the Full Gospel Mission Church located at 324 Antioch Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was originally built as Radnor Baptist Church. The old city directories list the address as 320 Antioch Pike. The church then changed...
A photograph of the land where the Old Hamilton Methodist Church used to stand near Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. In its place is a historic marker which reads: "Old Hamilton Methodist Church - 1834-1987 - Established in 1834 and...
A photograph taken on Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee at dusk, circa 1936. According to the annotated note on the verso this is one of two photographs "taken on Church Street at Polk Place about 20 minutes apart at dusk. The date was probably...
A photograph taken on Church Street in Nashville, Tennessee at dusk, circa 1936. According to the annotated note on the verso this is one of two photographs "taken on Church Street at Polk Place about 20 minutes apart at dusk. The date was probably...
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 photograph of Christ the King Catholic Church, located at 3001 Belmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee. The church's first mass was held in 1937 inside of a two-story brick house that was situated on the property bought for the church by the...
A photograph of Church of the Assumption, now referred to as Assumption Church located at 1227 Seventh Avenue North in Nashville Tennessee. The original street address was 1225 Seventh Avenue North. Assumption Church is Nashville's second oldest...
A photograph of First Baptist Church of Old Hickory located at 1106 Hadley Avenue in Old Hickory, Tennessee. According to the church's current website, the First Baptist Church of Old Hickory was organized with twenty-two members in 1924. With the...
A photograph of Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church historically located at 515 Houston Street in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the most recent city directory, the church's current address is listed as 509 Houston Street. Originally...
Photograph of Grace Evangelical Church, currently an Ethiopian Christian church located at 3701 Park Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly the historic Park Avenue Church of Christ, this church building changed hands in 1993, becoming Korean...
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 Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, formerly Church of the Advent, an Episcopal church located at 1200 Seventeenth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was formed in 1857 and the church building was erected in...
A photograph of Tabernacle of Faith Church of God in Christ located at 1815 Shelby Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally Kern Memorial Methodist, this church was erected in the early 1940s. Currently, the church is home to a congregation...