Wharton School was named for Arthur Dickson Wharton who served as principal and professor at various Nashville schools. According to Annual Reports of the Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee, Wharton school had been occupied for one year at the...
Views of Nashville Municipal Airport and the City-State Administration Building, circa 1950. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the state administrator of the Works Progress...
Two photographs showing an apartment building above the Hooberry’s Book Store at 140 Fifth Avenue N in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, with the Country Kitchen restaurant, and some vacant spaces. The 1949 City Directory cites the Clifton...
Travellers Rest gained its name from the fact of the many guests it has entertained. John Overton, afterward Justice of the Supreme Court, came from Virginia in 1793 and built a two-room log house on the site of the present building. He was one of...
This photograph, circa 1935, features a fleet of Nashville Police cars and officers in front of the War Memorial Building in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the 1935 Nashville City Directory: "Nashville has one of the most competent police...
This image shows the destruction the east side of Nashville's public square. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center, was a focus of wholesale commerce and political activity for the city for many years. The old city...
This image provides an aerial view of the demolition of the Andrew Jackson Hotel, ca. 1971, to make way for the James K. Polk Office Building, which contains the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Tennessee State Museum. Photographed by the...
This elevated view of the American Trust Building, on the corner of Third Avenue and Union Streets, taken from the window of a building across the street, highlights architect Henry C. Hibbs' design of an addition of ten stories to the top and...
This booklet was published for new employees at the Nashville Bridge Company during the time of World War II. The beginning includes a brief history of the company during which it is explained that although the normal operations include...
This beautiful covered shopping arcade, located between Fourth and Fifth Avenues N, in downtown Nashville, was built in 1903 and was modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II arcade in Milan, Italy. The City Beautiful Award ribbon was...
Third Baptist Church was organized in 1876. In 1877 the membership erected a building on a Jefferson Street site given to the congregation by First Baptist Church. In 1899 the congregation purchased a lot on Monroe Street and in 1904, using brick...
The Watkins Institute in downtown Nashville at 605 Church Street, circa May, 1942. The Watkins Institute was founded by Samuel Watkins (1794-1880) through a gift in his will to establish a school for adult education. This school was located at...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Tennessee State Capitol Building and redevelopment area is pictured in this July 1st, 1957 aerial of Capitol Hill in downtown Nashville. This is related to the Capitol Hill Redevelopment Project, a major urban renewal project implemented in...
The Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to the downtown area. The multi-storied Nashville Bridge Company can be seen in the background on the east...
The Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to the downtown area. A river boat can be seen in the foreground, as well as a mule/horse-drawn wagon. The...
The ribbon cutting ceremony for the American Airlines office located at 239 Sixth Avenue, in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Among the officials are the Aviation Commission members. This business office was located in the same building as the...
The Noel Hotel, located at Fourth Avenue North and Church Street, opened in 1930 and continued as a hotel until 1972. After the hotel closed, the building was renovated and has since housed various businesses. 35 mm