A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...
A photograph of Blakemore Primitive Baptist Church. According to the survey form completed for the Sacred Sites Survey Project, this church is located at 2411 Blakemore Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, and was constructed in 1941. The foundation is...
A photograph of Braden United Methodist Church located at 803 Main Street, Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1942, the same year their congregation was founded. This building has never been used by other congregations. The church's...
A photograph of the former Craig Memorial Methodist Church located at 530 Twenty-sixth Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. This building has seen many uses over time since its construction in 1926. Originally the structure served as the church...
A photograph of Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, built in 1921. This church is located at 4508 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville Tennessee. It is the second structure erected to house its members at the corner of Charlotte and Forty-sixth Avenues....
A photograph of Christ Temple Apostolic Church North located at 1600 Tenth Avenue North in Nashville Tennessee. The foundation is made of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior walls are red brick. The roof is gabled and hipped with a non-uniform...
A photograph of Church of the Assumption, now referred to as Assumption Church located at 1227 Seventh Avenue North in Nashville Tennessee. The original street address was 1225 Seventh Avenue North. Assumption Church is Nashville's second oldest...
A photograph of Clark Memorial Methodist Church, Nashville's oldest African American Church. Located now at 1015 Fourteenth Avenue North, Clark Memorial has had several name and location changes throughout the years. The congregation came into...
A photograph of the Community Baptist Church. The church was located in the Waverly neighborhood at 817 S. Douglas Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Other names for the building over the years included Glen Leven Presbyterian Church, and Jesus is...
A photograph of Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church located at 819 Thirty-third Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was erected in 1934. The foundation is made of stone. The exterior walls are brick. The roof is gabled with...
A photograph of the Dark Horse Theater, formerly West Nashville Presbyterian Church. The building is located at 4610 Charlotte Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Early city directories listed the address as 4608 Charlotte Avenue. The building has...
A photograph of the House of Blessing located at 900 Gallatin Road in Nashville, Tennessee. This non-denominational church has been home to many different congregations over the years. According to the building's cornerstone the church was built...
A photograph of the Eastland Baptist Church located at 1215 Gallatin Road in Nashville, Tennessee. This church's congregation formed in 1911 and originally met in the home of one of the members. Their first church building was built on the...
A photograph of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church. located at 1107 Elm Hill Pike, in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is made of rough cut stone blocks that have been painted white. The exterior walls are made of brick that has been...
A photograph of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church located at 2624 Morena Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church is currently listed in the city directory as Ebenezer Community Church. The foundation is made of rough cut stone blocks and...
A photograph of Edgefield Baptist Church located at 700 Russell Street in the historic neighborhood of Edgefield in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was first organized in 1867 with thirty-one members. Construction on this church began in...
A photograph of Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church located at 120 Fain Street in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally this church was called Fairfield Baptist Church. The building's foundation is comprised of rough cut stone blocks. The exterior...
The front cover of a twenty-fifth anniversary booklet celebrating the quarter century of achievements for the National Life and Accident Insurance Company. The front cover shows a rough sketch of an oak tree and a detailed drawing of the stone...
A postcard of Furman Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University. When Furman Hall opened in 1907, it was called the most modern chemistry/pharmacy building in the United States. Its name honors Francis Furman, a Nashville merchant, whose widow...
A photograph of First Baptist Church East Nashville. This African American church was founded in 1866 by the Reverend Randall B. Vandavall, a slave born on March 23, 1832 at Neely's Bend. In the early years, the church was called Vandavall's...