1 map; 58 x 75 cm. The first page of a two-page index to a plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G.M. Hopkins Company. This index lists the names of all streets appearing on the map with their corresponding...
(and Eakin, John & Grundy, Felix & McGavock, Jacob & Winder); 25; East; 2; 40.0x72.0; 213; I; 05/31/1843; Bass, Anna Stone 1779-1809; Bass, Peter 1779-1829; Bass, William J. 1809-1828; Bass, Melvina Winder 1840-1849; Masterson, Maria G. 1815-1880;...
(and Eakin, John & Grundy, Felix & McGavock, Jacob & Winder); 25; East; 2; 40.0x72.0; 213; I; 05/31/1843; Bass, Anna Stone 1779-1809; Bass, Peter 1779-1829; Bass, William J. 1809-1828; Bass, Melvina Winder 1840-1849; Masterson, Maria G. 1815-1880;...
A photograph of flooded fields and barns in the Neely's Bend area of Nashville during the May 2010 flood taken from McGavock Pike.
Forms part of the Nashville Room Flood 2010 Digital History Project.
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 historic Belle Meade Plantation was founded by John Harding, of Goochland County, Virginia in 1807. Harding purchased 250 acres of farm land near Richland Creek and the Natchez Trace. He was very interested in horses and soon boarded horses...
The historic Glen Leven home of the Thompson family built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer settler who signed the 1780 Cumberland Compact at Fort Nashborough and as a Revolutionary War soldier received a land grant...
The Oak Hill “residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, like many other homes on the Franklin Pike, is situated on a portion of the battle field of Nashville. Many relics of this conflict are here preserved. On the lovely lawn, immediately in...
Overton Hall, “the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Maxwell Overton was built in 1900 by Mr. Overton. It is after the Tudor style of architecture for manor houses, and stands in the midst of a large park, thickly wooded with giant forest trees …...
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...
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....
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about Colonial Foods. The caption reads: “This Mack truck, together with three Mack tractors equipped with trailers, recently delivered to the C. B. Ragland Company, wholesale grocers. Dependable...
Subdivision of Mt. Olivet Cemetery lot 161, section one, owned by Dr. D.T. McGavock. Mt. Olivet Cemetery, located on Lebanon Road, opened in 1856 and is still in operation today. 8 x 10 in.