A postcard of the War Memorial Building on Memorial Plaza stretching between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues. This building was built by the state, county and city in 1925 to honor the Tennesseans who served in...
A postcard of the War Memorial Building on Memorial Plaza stretching between Union Street and Charlotte Avenue, and from Sixth to Seventh Avenues. This building was built by the state, county and city in 1925 to honor the Tennesseans who served in...
A postcard of the James Robertson Apartment Hotel located on Seventh Avenue North and Commerce Street in downtown Nashville. Also pictured is a reproduction of Fort Nashboro, the log fort built by James Robertson, founder of Nashville, in 1779. ...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. 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 opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. 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 opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. 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 opened to the public on September 19,...
A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. 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 opened to the public on September 19,...
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...
A postcard of The Fisk Memorial Chapel on the campus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The chapel was built in 1892 by means of a legacy from General Clinton B. Fisk, (for whom the University is named), which, according to family wishes,...
A postcard of the Industrial Arts building at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. In an effort to create a major Southern teachers' college, the grounds and buildings of the former Peabody Normal School were donated to...
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 the tower at Scarritt College for Christian Workers. Located on Nineteenth Avenue South, Scarritt College came to Nashville from Kentucky in 1924 as a training school for women Christian missionaries. Like a teaching college...
A postcard of the Main Building on the Vanderbilt campus between 1898 and 1901. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail tycoon who had never even...
A postcard of the Main Building on the Vanderbilt Campus in 1901. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail tycoon who had never even visited the...
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 postcard of Kirkland Hall, the building built to replace Vanderbilt's Main Building that burned in 1905. Vanderbilt University was made possible in 1873 through a one million dollar gift from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a shipping and rail...
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...
A photograph of the First Baptist Church of West Nashville located at 619 Thirty-ninth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The founding year of the congregation is 1874 and the current building was remodeled in 1958. The foundation is red...
A photograph of the Foster Avenue Church of Christ located at 2614 Foster Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The foundation is stone and concrete. The exterior walls are red brick. The roof is gabled and comprised of tar shingles. The windows are...