According to the survey, this is a photograph of Progressive Sunrise Baptist Church located at 530 Meridian Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The original church structure was built around 1938 on the corner of Berry and Meridian Streets, facing...
A photograph of two gentlemen standing at the Nashville Municipal Airport’s City Directories (published by R.L. Polk) desk, in April 22, 1962. Nashville's airport officially opened in 1937 as Berry Field, in honor of Colonel Harry S. Berry, the...
A photograph of King Temple Church of God in Christ. The survey indicates that this church is located at 1301 Lischey Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee; however, all city directories list the address as being 1310 Lischey Avenue. The cornerstone...
A photograph of New Hall Intermediaries, an insurance office, located at 1230 Second Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. This building was constructed in 1873 by Morton Howell after he purchased the lot on Market Street (now Second Avenue). ...
A photograph of Ray of Hope Community Church, formerly Meridian Street Methodist Church, located at 901 Meridian Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The rear part of the building was completed in 1925, while the front part, now the current sanctuary,...
A photograph of St. Paul's Lutheran Church located at 1628 Eighth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was built in 1936 and appeared in city directories with an original address of 1630 Eighth Avenue North. The foundation is made of...
A photograph of United Primitive Baptist Church located at 2911 Clifton Road (now Avenue) in Nashville, Tennessee. Now reportedly being used as a duplex home with barbecue smoking equipment in the back, this structure began as St. Phillip's...
A photograph of West Nashville Baptist Church located at 5303 Pennsylvania Avenue in the West Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This church first appears in the city directories in 1950. In 1977 the address changed to 5305...
A postcard of the Union Bus Terminal located at 517 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Built in the latter part of the 1930s, this bus terminal exemplified the art deco architecture style of the time period. According to city...
A photograph of the façade of the Baxter Building, 216 Union Street, Nashville, Tennessee, showing architectural features of the windows. The building once housed the Commercial Club, as well as a variety of offices and businesses. It appears in...
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...
A photograph of the former Church of Christ located at Third Avenue North, in Nashville, Tennessee. This church went through many name changes over the years. In the 1960s the name changed to Third Avenue Church of Christ. In the 1990s the...
A photograph of the former Church of God located at 1003 Monroe Street in Nashville, Tennessee. In the 1960s the name changed to Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith. In the 1980s Nashville city directories note the address as...
A photograph of the Church of God located at 1023 Third Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee. A church of many names, this church began in the 1940s as Church of the First Born. In the 1960s the Nashville city directories record the name as ABC...
A photograph of the Church of God of Prophecy located at 1105 Fifty-first Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee. According to the Sacred Sites Survey form, this church was built in 1950. The address stops appearing in the Nashville City Directories...
A photograph of the Dark Horse Theater, formerly West Nashville Presbyterian Church. The building is located at 4610 Charlotte Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Early city directories listed the address as 4608 Charlotte Avenue. The building has...
A photograph of the House of Blessing located at 900 Gallatin Road in Nashville, Tennessee. This non-denominational church has been home to many different congregations over the years. According to the building's cornerstone the church was built...
A photograph of Ephesian Primitive Baptist Church located at 1421 Twenty-first Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. Earlier city directories list the address as 1417 Twenty-first Avenue. The congregation was founded in 1934, the same year the...
A bookplate advertising Setliff & Company, a wholesale bookseller on Church Street. According to Nashville city directories, the Setliff business was started in 1867 by Abraham Setliff in the Commercial Hotel building located at 33 Cedar Street...
A sepia-toned photograph of the Nashville Iron, Steel & Charcoal Company in 1887. Men with horses and buggies appear in the foreground, while the industrial plant soars behind them. Since this company does not appear in the Nashville city...