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Photograph of buildings on north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1964

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Photograph of buildings on north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1964

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Title	Photograph of buildings on north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1964
Corporate name	J. L. Turner and Son (Nashville, Tenn.) Harris-Davis and Company (Nashville, Tenn.) Reeves Building (Nashville, Tenn.) D. F. Siler Company (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture Buildings Capital City Downtown Nashville Business Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Architects--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Commercial buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Urban renewal--Tennessee--Nashville--History
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Public Square (Nashville, Tenn.)--History Court House Square (Nashville, Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	A photograph of buildings on the north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee. These structures 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, was a focus of wholesale commerce and political activity for the city for many years. The old city hall, dating from the 1850s, was replaced by a new city hall and courthouse in 1937. Most of the remaining buildings were demolished in the 1970s as part of urban renewal projects. These buildings, located at 206-220 Public Square North, formed part of the north side of the square, running west from 2nd Avenue North, and were among the last of the buildings comprising the square's perimeter to be razed. At the time this image was taken, Harris-Davis and Company was the occupant of the buildings at 214-220 Public Square North and J. L. Turner and Son wholesale fixtures occupied number 212. The Reeves Building, 208-210 Public Square North, is believed to have been constructed in the late 1850s. It, along with the buildings to the left of it in the picture, was demolished in 1975. Only a small portion of the building located at 206 Public Square North, occupied by D. F. Siler Company, can be seen in the picture. It was razed in 1981 when the entire block became the building site of the Metro Criminal Justice Center. Photographed by the Nashville architect Charles Wesley Warterfield, Jr. (1926-1998); the architectural photograph forms part of the Charles Warterfield Architectural Collection. Gift of: The Estate of Charles W. Warterfield, Jr., F. A. I. A. The original is a 35 mm color transparency (2 x 2 in. slide mount)
Creator	Warterfield, Charles W. (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219.
Contributors	Estate of Charles W. Warterfield, Jr., F. A. I. A. (Donor)
Date	ca. 1964
Type	Still image; Slides; Architectural photographs
Format	image/jpeg (130 KB)
Identifier	WSC 3974
Relation	Charles Warterfield Architectural Collection
Coverage	1960-1969
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-WSC 3974