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...
The Walgreens store at 3901 Hillsboro Pike, in Nashville, Tennessee, that was built upon the land where originally the Foster family resided in their “Fairview” homes. These digital reproductions were scanned from the scrapbook of Mrs. Frank...
The Walgreens store at 3901 Hillsboro Pike, in Nashville, Tennessee, that was built upon the land where originally the Foster family resided in their “Fairview” homes. These digital reproductions were scanned from the scrapbook of Mrs. Frank...
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 the Tulane Hotel as it appeared circa the 1930s, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old...
Advertisement for Skalowski's Confectionery Parlor, located at 217 Fifth Ave. North in downtown Nashville. Advertisement reads: "America's Handsomest Confectionery Parlor" and promotes the ice cream parlor as "Nashville's Beauty Spot" and "A...
A postcard of Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, looking west circa 1908. Public Square, also referred to as Court House Square or Court Square, was located right in the center of the city. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and...
A photograph of Printer's Alley, located between Church and Union Streets and Third and Fourth Avenues, in Nashville, Tennessee, as it appeared circa September 1973. Pictured are some of the popular nightlife places in the alley: The Brass Rail...
A photograph of the Washington Manufacturing Company building at 200 and 210 Second Avenue North, after it was gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. The building occupied two addresses and may at one time have been two separate buildings. At the time...
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...
Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, and J. S. Reeves and 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 and market center,...
A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Avenue North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the west, across Second Avenue. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a...
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 photograph of the destruction of buildings on east side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center, was a focus of wholesale commerce and political activity for the city for...
A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
This image shows the destruction the east side of Nashville's public square. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center, was a focus of wholesale commerce and political activity for the city for many years. The old city...
This elevated view of the American Trust Building, on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, taken from the window of a building across the street, highlights architect Henry C. Hibbs' design of an addition of ten stories to the top and...
A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Ave. North after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the south, across Church Street. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a variety...
A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Ave. North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the west, across Second Avenue. The buildings had been connected for some time and had been the site of a variety...
A photograph of the buildings at 200 and 210 Second Avenue North, after they were gutted by fire on October 12, 1985. This view is from the southwest, across Second Avenue and Church Street. The buildings had been connected for some time and had...