A published photo from the Nashville Times (1940), showing the Cumberland River along downtown Nashville. An advertisement of the H. G. Lipscomb & Company can be seen in background of the central business district. Forms part of the Nashville Times...
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gaut, known as the “Alamo.” The home was located on Murfreesboro Pike, on land granted by the State of North Carolina in 1793, to Thomas Hardiman. It was during the American Civil War that a large body of...
The historic Glen Leven home of the Thompson family built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer settler who signed the 1780 Cumberland Compact at Fort Nashborough and as a Revolutionary War soldier received a land grant...
The historic Belle Meade Plantation was founded by John Harding, of Goochland County, Virginia in 1807. Harding purchased 250 acres of farm land near Richland Creek and the Natchez Trace. He was very interested in horses and soon boarded horses...
The West Meade Mansion was built in 1886 by U.S. Supreme Court Judge Howell E. Jackson, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of General William G. Harding. The stately red brick mansion with a huge porch is built in the French Victorian style....
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...
Overton Hall, “the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Maxwell Overton was built in 1900 by Mr. Overton. It is after the Tudor style of architecture for manor houses, and stands in the midst of a large park, thickly wooded with giant forest trees …...
The Oak Hill “residence of Mr. and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman, like many other homes on the Franklin Pike, is situated on a portion of the battle field of Nashville. Many relics of this conflict are here preserved. On the lovely lawn, immediately in...
The new Cokesbury Book Store opening in downtown Nashville, with Mayor Ben West cutting ribbon, marking the official ceremony on March 3rd, 1958, at 417 Church Street. The 1958 City Directory cites Philip C. Warden, Manager. The name Cokesbury is a...
Liberace, a famous American pianist and vocalist, was welcomed to Nashville by Mayor Ben West and Harry Draper, Manager of the Ryman Auditorium, circa 1950s. This media publicity event took place at the Berry Field, Nashville Airport. Liberace was...