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1940 Officers installed at Elks’ new $14,000 quarters, from the Nashville Times, 1940
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1940 Officers installed at Elks’ new $14,000 quarters, from the Nashville Times, 1940
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Title
1940
Officers
installed
at
Elks’
new
$14,000
quarters
, from the
Nashville
Times
,
1940
Corporate name
Elks (Fraternal order)--Charities
Topical entry
Humanitarianism--Tennessee--Nashville
Charities--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Sixth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
captioned
photo
from the
Nashville
Times
(1940)
,
about
the
new
Elks
new
dining
facility
. The
caption
reads
:
“Over
200
Elks
were
present
at a
dinner
session
held
at the
order’s
new
$15,000
Teak
Room
and
Dining
Room
on
Sixth
Avenue
,
North
,
last
night
.
New
officers
installed
and
outgoing
and
past
officers
were,
above
,
left
to
right
,
front
row
,
Charles
H
.
Potter
,
exalted
ruler
;
William
P
.
Smith
,
leading
knight
;
Harry
Hite
,
loyal
knight
;
“Uncle
Andy”
A.
J
.
Sona
,
tiler
(43
years)
;
John
J
.
Brady
,
outgoing
exalted
ruler
;
W
.
Hal
Mustaine
and
Dr
.
J
.
W
.
Fenn
,
past
exalted
rulers
;
back
row
,
J
.
Pink
Lawrence
,
C
.
H
.
Smith
and
Jake
M
.
Petway
,
past
exalted
rulers
;
Dr
.
T
.
W
.
Menees
,
trustee
;
William
A.
Roache
,
trustee
and
past
exalted
ruler
;
Herman
Millerlee
,
lecturing
knight
;
D
.
D
.
Canfield
,
board
of
trustees
chairman
;
H
.
L
.
Dahlman
,
secretary
;
George
Snyder
,
past
exalted
ruler
;
William
L
.
Scheffer
,
treasurer
, and
Jack
Price
Jones
,
past
exalted
ruler.”
The
Elks
Lodge
no
.
72
was
located
at
310
6th
Avenue
North
,
bordered
by
Deaderick
Street
, in
downtown
Nashville
,
Tennessee
. The
lodge
was
home
to the
Elks
,
beginning
in
1904
,
serving
numerous
community
functions
and
charity
projects
for the
next
several
decades
. The
exact
date
of the
construction
of the
Elks
Lodge
is
unknown
although
it
appears
as a
dwelling
on the
1888
fire
insurance
maps
. The
building
housed
the
lodge
offices
, a
library
, and
entertainment
facilities
.
It
was
razed
in the
1970s
to
make
way
for the
James
K
.
Polk
State
Office
Building
and the
Tennessee
Performing
Arts
Center
.
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Times
newspaper
collection
.
1
digital
photo
.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1940
Type
Still
Image
;
Text
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
ElksClub--NT-1940
Language
English
Relation
Nashville
Times
Newspaper
Collection
Coverage
1940-1949
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
:
Metro
Nashville
Archives
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives-Nashville Times, hardbound volume
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