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- Hotel Tulane, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1917
- A postcard of the Tulane Hotel, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old Nicholson House (a fancy boarding house...
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- Ward-Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1915
- A postcard of Ward-Belmont College. In 1913, Belmont College, (1890) and Ward Seminary, (1865), were consolidated, forming the Ward-Belmont College, a prestigious women's finishing school. The school was located on the grounds of former Acklen...
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- Portrait of Edward Bushrod Stahlman, ca. between 1885 and 1930
- 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...
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- Oral history interview with John S. Bransford, Sr., 1980 July 09, excerpt 06
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford discusses his father discovering the...
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- Nashville Decatur Railroad depot in Nashville, Tennessee, n.d.
- An undated photograph of the non-extant Nashville & Decatur Railroad depot building, built in 1868. The original immense Gothic Revival structure was located at the corner of Chestnut Street and Fourth Avenue (Cherry Street) and constructed of...
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- Tennessee Governor's Mansion on West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, n.d.
- An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...
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- Nashville Electric Service building, 1952 September
- Exterior views of the Nashville Electric Service (NES) building, September 1952. The architectural design includes a large dome on top of the building. The Nashville City Directory (1954) cites Leonard Sisk, Genl. Mgr., at 1200-98 Church Street...
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- First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill
- First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, was organized in the 1840's when African American members of the First Baptist Church decided to start their own separate church under the leadership of Pastor Nelson Merry. The first meeting house, erected in...
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- Photograph of the north side of Nashville's Public Square, circa 1959
- Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, and J. S. Reeves and Company were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall and market center,...
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- Photograph of buildings on the north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959
- Harris-Davis and Company, J. L. Turner and Son, J. S. Reeves and Company, and D. F. Siler Company were among the buildings that once delineated the outer perimeter of the public square in Nashville. The square, with the county courthouse, city hall...
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- Salvage scrap drive in Nashville and Middle Tennessee region, 1942 October
- Pictured: “Antioch High School ‘Scrap’ for Victory: approximately 30 tons of scrap metal have already been piled up at Antioch High School by its 200 students under the direction of the Future Farmers Club and M. D. Capps sponsor. The area...
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- Historic home residence Belle Meade, Nashville, Tennessee, 1911
- The historic Belle Meade Plantation was founded by John Harding, of Goochland County, Virginia in 1807. Harding purchased 250 acres of farm land near Richland Creek and the Natchez Trace. He was very interested in horses and soon boarded horses...
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- Third Baptist Church, (Hopewell Baptist Church)
- Third Baptist Church was organized in 1876. In 1877 the membership erected a building on a Jefferson Street site given to the congregation by First Baptist Church. In 1899 the congregation purchased a lot on Monroe Street and in 1904, using brick...
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