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 West Nashville United Methodist Church located at 4710 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was organized as the West Side Mission around 1880. Their first chapel was built under the name of Clifton Methodist...
A photograph of West End United Methodist Church located at 2200 West End Avenue in the West End neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This church was the third building for the congregation that organized in 1869. Donald W. Southgate was the...
A photograph of West Nashville Free Will Baptist Church located at 5600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the West Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1915 as the United Brethren Church. In the mid 1920s the name changed...
Ben West leaning against a chair with his hands on its back. He is wearing a black jacket, blue bow tie, and a white shirt. Born in 1911, Ben West attended Cumberland Law School and Vanderbilt University. West served as Mayor of Nashville from...
A photograph of the West End Synagogue, 3810 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 23 September 1972. Founded as Khal Kodesh Adath Israel in 1874 in downtown Nashville, the congregation changed its location and its name in 1950. This modern...
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...
The 3400 block of West End Avenue, where Interstate 440 now runs, was once home to Schwartzs Deli, West End Diner, Gus Drug Company and Freed's Bakery. 35 mm
A photograph of West End Church of Christ located at 3532 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation formed in 1943 while the church was constructed in 1948. The architect was Donald Southgate, a prominent Nashville church designer...
A photograph of West End Synagogue located at 3810 West End Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Constructed in 1950, this synagogue is home to Nashville's second oldest Jewish congregation which was established in 1874 by 20 Jewish families. The...
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 photograph of former Nashville Mayor Ben West and former Metro Mayor Beverly Briley on Hillbilly Day, September 29, 1962. Unidentified residents of Madison present West and Briley with an "Annexashun Proclamashun" that will include all...
15; a; 42; 10.0x20.0; *Can't find this deed, but according to the Plat book this lot is owned by a West.; West, Charles B. 1814-1854; West, Mary E. 1829-1854; West, William E. 1819-1856
A photograph of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the main library in Nashville, Tennessee, located at 8th Avenue North and Union Street, circa December 1963. Pictured are, from left to right, Chairman of the Nashville Public Library Board Charles...
A photograph of Westminster Presbyterian Church located at 3900 West End Avenue in the West End neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in 1938 to serve the congregation of Moore Memorial Church, which started out as a small...
A photograph of Mayor Ben West speaking to workers of the Nashville Transit Authority about the City's annexation campaign. By this time, large portions of Davidson County had been annexed by the City of Nashville. The day this photo was taken,...
A photgraph of Nashville Mayor Ben West giving a presentation on annexation, 1951. The residents of the subdivision known as Urbandale signed a petition to be annexed by the city in October of 1951. The photo shows Mayor West giving a speech...
A photograph of Mayor Ben West giving an insurance report to WLAC-TV News station on May 23, 1961. The other officials and cameramen pictured with Mayor West are unidentified. b & w; 3 x 4 in.
A photograph of Mayor Ben West giving an insurance report to WLAC-TV News station on May 23, 1961. The other officials pictured with Mayor West are unidentified. b & w; 3 x 4 in.