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- Photograph of columns and archway at the Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1980s
- A photograph of coupled Ionic columns and archway of the Hermitage Hotel, 231 Sixth Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. The building was designed by Tennessee architect J. Edwin Carpenter (1867-1932) in the Beaux Arts style and built between 1908...
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- Photograph of the vaulted ceiling interior of the Union Station Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, between 1986 and 1989
- A photograph of the vaulted ceiling interior of the Union Station Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee. The Romanesque-style building was constructed 1898-1900 as the depot for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was designed by Richard...
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- Photograph of the sculpture of the east pediment and metopes of the Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1970s
- 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...
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- Photograph of the Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee, 1964
- A photograph of the Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee. The Arcade opened in 1903, running east to west between what were then Cherry Street and Summer Street; present day Fourth Avenue North and Fifth Avenue North. It was conceived by Nashville resident...
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- State capitol, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1907
- A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue, with the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson on the right. The Greek Revival building was...
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- Photograph of McKendree Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, next door to the Princess Theatre, between 1930 and 1940
- A photograph of McKendree Methodist Church at 523 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1930s. The church was named for Bishop William McKendree, the first American bishop. This is the fourth McKendree Methodist Church building to occupy this...
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- Photograph of Scarritt College, circa 1929
- Dedicated in March 1928, Scarritt College remains one of architect Henry C. Hibbs' signature designs in the collegiate gothic style. Hibbs was awarded a gold medal for his work on Scarritt and was recognized in the December 1929 issue of Southern...
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- Photograph of the American Trust Building, corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1925
- 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...
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- Photograph of Nashville's Cedar Street electric streetcar, ca. 1900
- A photograph of the electric streetcar that transported passengers along the Cedar Street (Charlotte Avenue) line in Nashville. The Tennessee State Capitol is shown in the background. A reproduced photographic print from the original. Forms part of...
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- Photograph of the Parthenon in Nashville's Centennial Park, circa 1897
- 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,...
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- Photograph of the City Market House, circa 1937
- An interior view of vendors, shoppers and stands of the City Market House in Nashville, which opened circa March 1937. The building was designed by Henry C. Hibbs, with construction by the engineering firm Foster and Creighton. Forms part of the...
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- Photograph of the main hallway of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1904
- A photograph of the main hallway of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, circa 1904. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially...
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- Photograph of the old City Hall and market place, circa 1900
- A photograph, ca. 1900, of the north end of the City Hall and market place of Nashville, Tennessee, located on the Public Square. The market place area shows vendor wagons and townspeople. The building was razed in 1935, to make way for a new...
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- Construction of the Shelby Street Bridge, 1909 February 13
- A view of the construction of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, built along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. The original official name of the bridge was the Broadway Bridge. The bridge was completed in...
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