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 photograph of Newsom's Mill, along the Harpeth River, near Bellevue, located a few miles southwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The original grist mill was built several years earlier; this grist mill was built by Col. Joseph M. Newsom in...
A photograph of Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church. Formerly Twelfth Avenue Church of Christ, Abyssinia Missionary Baptist sits at 1810 Twelfth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. The current Baptist congregation gained the church in 1971. ...
A photograph of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Nashville's second-oldest Episcopal church building. This church is located at 615 Sixth Avenue South. The congregation was founded in 1852 as a free church, open to all people. Holy Trinity evolved...
A photograph of St. Mary's Catholic Church located at 330 Fifth Avenue North in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. St. Mary's Catholic Church, the first Roman-Catholic Cathedral in Tennessee, was designed by William Strickland, architect for the...
A photograph of Seay-Hubbard Methodist Church located at 1116 First Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1875, this church originally began as Seay's Chapel at 1108 First Avenue South, just a few blocks away from its current location. ...
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 Third Baptist Church located at 908 Monroe Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The building was erected in 1903 as noted on the cornerstone. The foundation is made of cut limestone. The exterior walls are red brick. The windows are...
A postcard of a reproduction of Fort Negley on its original site approximately two miles south of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Built during the Civil War after Union troops gained occupation of Nashville in 1862, Fort Negley was constructed...
A photograph of an unidentified woman standing on the steps of the Cheekwood mansion grounds, in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1932 and 1946. The Cheekwood mansion was built in 1932 in the Colonial Revival style for Leslie and Mabel Cheek. Designed...
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 photograph of a collection of a portion of the original columns and capitals from the Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. The building was designed by architect William Strickland (1788-1854) and built between 1845 and 1859,...
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 197 feet above the level of the Cumberland River. The building draws on elements...
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 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 photograph of Eighth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Built by Reverend R.L. Watson in 1945, this church building initially housed First Emmanuel Church. The Eighth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1913. In the...
A photograph of Belmont Heights Baptist Church, located at 2100 Belmont Boulevard, on the southern edge of Belmont University's campus in Nashville, Tennessee. The church has had two sanctuaries. The first sanctuary has a foundation made of...
A photograph of Blakemore Primitive Baptist Church. According to the survey form completed for the Sacred Sites Survey Project, this church is located at 2411 Blakemore Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, and was constructed in 1941. The foundation is...
A postcard of the Scottish Rite Temple, also known as the Masonic Temple, located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee (100 Seventh Avenue North). The building's cornerstone was laid in 1914 and construction was...