A letter from Dutch immigrant, Peter J. Williamson, back home to his wife, Eunice, during the Civil War. In 1862 Williamson enlisted as a Private in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F and was ultimately promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. During...
Pictured: “ Wrought iron gates on way to scrap pile: these picturesque iron gates and another pair just like them, located on the old Keith estate on Harding Road, now owned by Abe Olshine, will shortly be made into less ornate but more emphatic...
A photograph of a church referred to as the House of God, an African American Pentecostal denomination also known as the Church of the Living God. The full name used on the front entrance signage reads: The House of God Which is the Church of the...
A photograph of Inglewood Baptist Church located at 3901 Gallatin Pike in Nashville, Tennessee. This congregation was established in 1923 and began meeting in a small home on Shelton Avenue. In the late 1920s the congregation began meeting on...
A photograph of Ivy Memorial Baptist Church located at 425 Trinity Lane in Nashville, Tennessee. This church first appeared in the 1950 city directory as Ivy Chapel Baptist Church. Today it still stands at the same address. The foundation is...
A photograph of Jordonia United Methodist Church located at 4225 Cato Road in Nashville, Tennessee. Built in approximately 1920, this church was nominated for an Architectural Award in the 1975 awards program sponsored by Metropolitan Historical...
A photograph of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church located at 19 Hart Street in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was built in approximately 1894 as Mount Gilead Baptist Church. In 1981, the name changed to Prince of Peace Baptist Church, but...
A photograph of Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church currently located at 36 Fairfield Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally this building was listed as Mt. Ararat Baptist Church at 34 Fairfield Avenue. The congregation was founded in...
A photograph of New Hope Baptist Church, now called New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1303 Hawkins Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The church was founded by J.C. Harding in 1885 and rebuilt on the same location in 1973 as indicated on...
A photograph of Noah's Ark Primitive Baptist Church located at 921 Thirtieth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was rebuilt on the same land in 1967 under Elder R.J. Stevenson, Pastor, according to the cornerstone. The foundation is...
A photograph of Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, formerly Church of the Advent, an Episcopal church located at 1200 Seventeenth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was formed in 1857 and the church building was erected in...
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 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...
A photograph of St. Ann's Episcopal Church located at 419 Woodland Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The original historic 1880's era Victorian building was destroyed in a tornado in 1998, but the new building was built on the same site as the old...
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 West Nashville United Methodist Church located at 4710 Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. The congregation was organized as the West Side Mission around 1880. Their first chapel was built under the name of Clifton Methodist...
A photograph of the former Belmont Baptist Church, now Hope Center located at 2415 Twelfth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee. This church was erected in 1906 on the corner of 12th Avenue South and Beechwood Avenue. Its address was originally...
Church of the Advent, Episcopal, was organized in 1857 by 58 communicants of Christ Episcopal Church and its rector the Rev. Charles Tomes after a disagreement over pew rentals. Rev. Tomes died soon after the group formed, and the Rev. Charles T....
A photograph of Mayor Beverly Briley's inauguration that took place on April 1, 1963. Briley served as the first mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. His inauguration took place on the same day that the...
A photograph of Mayor Beverly Briley speaking at his inauguration on April 1, 1963. Briley served as the first mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. His inauguration took place on the same day that the...