Named after Alonzo Napier, brother of J.C. Napier, this original Napier school building, seen here from the side, opened mid way through the 1897-1898 school year. It was located at the corner of Robinson and Fairfield. Completion of the school...
A postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, later renamed Shelby Street Bridge, looking down river. The Nashville Bridge Company's office is visible on the right bank of the Cumberland River and railroad tracks are seen in the foreground. A...
A postcard of the Church Street viaduct right after completion between 1915 and 1930. This structure was built to carry car traffic over the railroad tracks. A new viaduct was built to replace this one in the 1990s. Forms part of the Norton...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and Tennessee State Office Building, along with the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The Nashville Municipal Auditorium was the primary indoor sports and concert venue in Nashville from the time of its...
A photograph of the demolition of the Maxwell House Hotel in 1962, after it was gutted by fire. The five story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. This drawing...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
A page from a mounted and bound volume of twenty-five pen-and-ink wash drawings, and two pen-and-ink maps of Nashville created by William A. Eichbaum during the 1850s. Eichbaum was a Nashville bookseller and resident for fifty years. The drawing...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the Kirkwood Heights development. The caption states “the homes pictured above are part of the Kirkwood Heights developments just being completed. Many of these houses are ready for...
A color postcard of the Sparkman Street Bridge, renamed Shelby Street Bridge. The bridge was completed in 1909, spanning the Cumberland River to link East Nashville to Downtown. At completion, the bridge was hailed as the "finest highway bridge...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol at night. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...
A color postcard depicting the Tennessee State Capitol. Situated in the center of the city at Charlotte Avenue and Sixth Avenue, the capitol building rests approximately 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue. The architectural idea is that of a Greek Ionic Temple. The Greek Revival building is...
A photograph of the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This five-story hotel was begun by John Overton in 1859, but the Civil War delayed its completion. It was used for barracks for both Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners...
An inside cover image from a booklet advertising the services of the Marshall & Bruce printing company. The image shows the various storefronts that the company occupied over the early years between 1865 and 1906. In 1905 Marshall and Bruce...
Property was acquired by the City of Nashville on the north side of the Public Square as a building site for a new City Market House in September of 1935. Plans for the new building were submitted by architect Henry C. Hibbs. Upon approval of...
A photograph of the Tennessee State Capitol, focusing primarily on the cupola and part of one portico. The State Capitol was constructed between 1845 and 1859. It was designed in Greek Revival style by architect William Strickland (1788-1854)....
A postcard of the Tennessee State Capitol and landscaped grounds along the hillside overlooking the city of Nashville, bordered by Charlotte and Sixth Avenue, with the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson on the right. The Greek Revival building was...