Washington Junior High opened in September of 1928 for students in grades seven through nine. It was named for George E. Washington, a prominent Nashville educator and former principal of Pearl High School. J.A. Galloway was the school's first...
Cavert School opened in September of 1928 for students in grades one through nine. The school was named for Dr. A.J. Cavert who served as principal at Howard, Fogg, Hume, Fall and Warner schools among others. Cavert became a junior high in 1936...
A photograph of Word of Faith Christian Center located at 2635 Nolensville Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. Formerly Grandview Baptist Church, the address was originally listed in the city directory as 2641 Nolensville Road. Grandview Baptist was...
A postcard of The Travel Lodge located on Route No. 1 at the intersection of U.S. 41 and 70 S., nine miles southeast of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This card advertises good restaurants nearby, private tile bathrooms, air cooled rooms, city...
A captioned photo from the Nashville Times (1940), about the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ozborn. The caption reads: “Triune Tenn, Jan. 6 (Spl.)--Mr. and Mrs. Ozborn of Arrington, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary...
Related to the last will and testament and of Alvin F. Ahlum. Illustrates the first page of a form stating “we have examined the records and files in the office of the Surrogate of the County of New York, do find there remaining, a certain...
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 …...
A photograph of the Vine Street Temple (Congregation Ohabai Shalom) which was located at 136 Seventh Avenue North (Vine Street became Seventh Avenue in 1904), Nashville, Tennessee. The Byzantine style building had nine domes and was dedicated on 27...
A photograph of participants in the 1968 Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, May 8, 1968. In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for the Poor People's Campaign for the purposes of organizing and uniting the poor across...
A color postcard of the Golf and Country Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The first nine holes were completed by the summer of 1901. Fields were cut by mule-drawn mowers to prepare for the holes. The first clubhouse, as seen on the postcard, was...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville and Florida businessman and real estate broker Adam G. Adams, III, conducted on 4 October 1976 by Ann Wells as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Adams...