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Title	Tulane Hotel, between 1930 and 1940
Corporate name	Tulane Hotel (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture Buildings Business Tourism Capital City Downtown Nashville Popular Culture Hotels--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Streets--Tennessee--Nashville Commercial buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Eighth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Church Street (Nashville, Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description	A photograph of the Tulane Hotel as it appeared circa the 1930s, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Church Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This hotel was erected in 1894 as the Nicholson Hotel on the site of the old Nicholson House (a fancy boarding house beginning in the 1860s and the residence of I. C. Nicholson). In 1896, the hotel, with its renovation and expansion, was renamed the "Tulane" for one of the new owner's relatives. In 1897, during the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, it held visitors from all over the world. In 1911, Anne Dallas Dudley and several other women met in a parlor of the Tulane Hotel and founded the Nashville Equal Suffrage League, an activist organization in support for the right of women to vote. During the 1940s there were many elegant formal balls, election year celebrations, Christmases, and entertainment for soldiers during World War II. In 1947, Castle Studio, a significant country music recording studio was established at the site. In the 1950s, National Life and Accident Insurance purchased the building for approximately $850,000. The Tulane closed its doors April 1956 and a few months later in November this multi-story landmark was razed to make way for a parking lot. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 8 x 10 in.
Creator	Wiles Hood (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1930-1939; 1940-1949
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	P-1521
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1930-1939
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks P-1521