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....
Travellers Rest gained its name from the fact of the many guests it has entertained. John Overton, afterward Justice of the Supreme Court, came from Virginia in 1793 and built a two-room log house on the site of the present building. He was one of...
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 image provides an aerial view of the demolition of the Andrew Jackson Hotel, ca. 1971, to make way for the James K. Polk Office Building, which contains the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Tennessee State Museum. Photographed by the...
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...
The West Meade Mansion was built in 1886 by U.S. Supreme Court Judge Howell E. Jackson, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of General William G. Harding. The stately red brick mansion with a huge porch is built in the French Victorian style....
The waiting room at Nashville’s Union Station at Broadway and 10th Avenue, August 28th, 1958. The structure is a prominent architectural and historical landmark, placed on the National Register of Historic Places circa 1975. Forms part 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...
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gaut, known as the “Alamo.” The home was located on Murfreesboro Pike, on land granted by the State of North Carolina in 1793, to Thomas Hardiman. It was during the American Civil War that a large body of...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...
The residence known as “Bonnie Brae,” once rested on twenty-two acres along the hillside of the present-day southwestern corner of Woodlawn Drive and I-440. The Villager Condominiums stand there now. “Bonnie Brae” derives its name from the...