A photograph of Riverside Drive Church of Christ located at 1530 Riverside Drive in Nashville, Tennessee. This Christian congregation was founded in 1937 and construction on the church building began that same year. Building was delayed due to...
Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle in her later years, with grey hair, light blue or grey eyes, and wearing glasses and a white shirt. Mary Francis "Fannie" Battle (1842-1924) was a Nashville humanitarian and social worker who was known during her...
Mr. Gregg, middle-aged, with grey hair and full grey beard. His clothing is dark and he may be seated. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg came to Nashville, Tennessee, from Scotland and opened Gregg's Bakery, later Mitchell's, which operated for over a century in...
An elderly Edward Bushrod Stahlman, with grey hair and a receding hairline, seated in a wooden chair and holding a newspaper in his right hand. He is wearing a grey suit with a vest, tie, and collared shirt. Born in 1843 in Germany, Edward...
A photograph of a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses located at 1400 Meridian Street in Nashville, Tennessee. All meeting places of Jehovah's Witness congregations are called Kingdom Halls. Often they are built by area member volunteers in a...
A photograph of Security Pawn, a pawnshop located at 3025 Nolensville Road in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly Fourth Avenue Church of Christ, this building was erected in the 1930s. The church later changed its name to Nolensville Road Church of...
Col. Joel A. Battle in his later years, with a long grey beard and mustache, wearing a dark suit. The frame does not appear to be original and had work done to it in 2003. Joel A. Battle was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, 19 September...
An elderly Alfred Leland Crabb, balding, with grey hair and glasses. He is wearing a jacket, vest, white shirt, and rust colored tie. Born in Kentucky in 1884, author, educator, and historian Alfred Leland Crabb was educated at Bethel College,...
John Berrien Lindsley in late middle age, with salt-and-pepper hair and full beard and mustache, wearing a grey suit. Nineteenth-century Nashville educator, physician, minister, and author John Berrien Lindsley was born in New Jersey in 1822. His...
Joseph Thorp Elliston in his 60s, with grey hair and glasses. He is seated in a chair and is holding a walking stick or cane. Born in Virginia in 1779, Joseph Thorp Elliston was Nashville's first silversmith, jeweler, and watch and clock maker. ...
An older man, seated, with grey hair, wearing a dark business suit, white shirt, and red tie. Subject of portrait unknown, although it may be Representative, Senator, Secretary of State, "Father of the United Nations," and 1945 Nobel Peace...
Wilkins Tannehill in his later years, with a full head of grey hair, seated on a red chair and wearing a burgundy and gold Masonic stole. Wilkins Tannehill was born in 1787 in Pennsylvania and died in 1858 in Nashville. He was a merchant, banker,...
A photograph of Arlington United Methodist Church located at 1360 Murfreesboro Road in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was started as a Sunday school for neighborhood children in 1873. Later that year children and adults began meeting for...
A photograph of the former Chapel Avenue Church of Christ located at 108 Chapel Avenue, now East Academy, a private elementary school in East Nashville. The Chapel Avenue Church of Christ building was sold in 2001 to help fund the retirement of...
A photograph of Christ Church Cathedral located at 900 Broadway Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. Christ Church Cathedral serves as the Cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. Originally built in 1830 on the corner of Sixth Avenue and...
A photograph of the Community Baptist Church. The church was located in the Waverly neighborhood at 817 S. Douglas Avenue, in Nashville, Tennessee. Other names for the building over the years included Glen Leven Presbyterian Church, and Jesus is...
A photograph of Dixon-Memorial United Methodist Church located at 1111 Buchanan Street at Twelfth Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the church's cornerstone, the structure was erected in 1938. The congregation was formed in 1889. The...
A postcard of Furman Hall on the campus of Vanderbilt University. When Furman Hall opened in 1907, it was called the most modern chemistry/pharmacy building in the United States. Its name honors Francis Furman, a Nashville merchant, whose widow...