A postcard of the Hermitage Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hermitage Club building was first a downtown residence in between Church and Union Streets at 233 Sixth Avenue North, then called High Street. The builder of the house was Confederate...
A postcard of Peabody Normal College, an outgrowth of the declining literary department of the University of Nashville on Second Avenue. In 1874 Barnas Sears, Peabody Education Fund administrator, offered $6,000 annually if the University of...
A postcard of Radnor College in Nashville, Tennessee. Radnor College was started in 1906 on a hill overlooking Nolensville Pike by Presbyterian minister Andrew Nelson Eshman. Famous for its free four-week travel program, this women's college sent...
Charles M. Morris appeared before the Circuit Court Clerk to declare his intention to become a citizen of the Confederate States of America and to renounce forever all allegiance to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America.
A magazine advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee that appeared in the October 1928 issue of Good Housekeeping. The advertisement tells the story of Joel Cheek's quest to create the perfect blend of coffee. The Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville,...
Preston Taylor, a businessman and minister, was one of Nashville's most powerful black leaders. His wife, Georgia Gordon Taylor, was one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers. Georgia was among the first group of singers to tour Europe when the...
A photograph of the First Baptist Church located in downtown Nashville at the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Broadway. The First Baptist Church was originally organized in the year 1820. Members met for services in the Davidson County...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Ophelia and Walter Stokes, conducted on 29 August 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes describe the Shooting the Chute ride...