1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A photograph of Calvary United Methodist Church located at 3701 Hillsboro Road. This church was built in the 1940s. The exterior walls are red brick with cross gables near the rear of the building. There is a low gabled roof made of copper sheet...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
A photograph of Salem African Methodist Episcopal Church formerly located at 1800 Fourth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation organized in 1867 according to the cornerstone. The exterior walls were red brick. The roof was made...
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...
A photograph of West Nashville Baptist Church located at 5303 Pennsylvania Avenue in the West Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This church first appears in the city directories in 1950. In 1977 the address changed to 5305...
A 1956 shopping and visitors map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The streets are labeled with address numbers and building names. A straight listing of prominent buildings and stores by category is also included on the lower portion of the...
A photograph of the Rutledge-Baxter House, located at 101 Lea Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. This historic building rests on the site of "Rose Hill," the grand antebellum home of Henry and Septima Sexta Rutledge, a young couple who were members of...
A photograph of the Broadcast Music, Inc. building, located at 710 16th Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) was officially declared operational on Feb. 15, 1940 in New York City. The company was established by radio...
A photograph of the old Felix Compton house, located at the northeast corner of Hillsboro Road and Harding Place in Nashville, Tennessee, 5050 Hillsboro Road (Hillsboro Pike), when it was the A.M Burton family residence, circa 1973. This...
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 a portion of the children who attended the Nashville Children's Theatre Carnival. This excerpt ran with the Nashville Banner newspaper story on May 14, 1941 about the event: "The parking space at the side of the Community Playhouse...
A photograph of Mrs. Eleanor Hankins (Hank) Fort, a Nashville native and prominent singer-songwriter. Popularly known by the stage name of Hank Fort, her music included songs with a Southern flavor, such as: "Put Your Shoes on Lucy," "Nashville's...
A photograph of the 1925 graduation class of Joelton Grammar School, Joelton, Tennessee. The verso notation cites the name of W. Ross McGehee and the typed index card cites: "W. Ross McGhee, one of pupils." Joelton is located primarily in the...
(transferred originally from Phillip Lindsley to J.S. Read to then this portion of the lot to John Levy who sold some to Sarah Johnson who in turn sol; 9; 1; 10.0x10.0; 314; I; 03/14/1938; Bowker, James W. 1866-1938; Bowker, Katie 1868-1947
(transferred originally from Phillip Lindsley to J.S. Read to then this portion of the lot to John Levy who sold some to Sarah Johnson who in turn sol; 9; 1; 10.0x10.0; 314; I; 03/14/1938; Bowker, James W. 1866-1938; Bowker, Katie 1868-1947
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 captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the victory of Joelton basketball players. The caption reads: “Happy, why not? Shows above are the victorious Joelton lassies who won the girls’ Seventh District basketball tournament...