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Photograph of the destruction of buildings on the east side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, 1974

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Title	Photograph of the destruction of buildings on the east side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, 1974
Corporate name	Southern Coat and Dress Company (Nashville, Tenn.) W. S. Riddle Notion Company (Nashville, Tenn.) Everett Beasley, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.) Golden Art Hosiery Company (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture Buildings Capital City Downtown Nashville, Business Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Architects--Tennessee--Nashville Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville Commercial buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Urban renewal--Tennessee--Nashville Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville Commercial facilities Business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Streets--Tennessee--Nashville Plazas--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Public Square (Nashville, Tenn.)--History Court House Square (Nashville, Tenn.)--History
Description	A photograph of the destruction of buildings on east side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee. 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 and the county courthouse buildings, dating from the 1850s, were replaced by a single building in 1937. Most of the remaining buildings were destroyed in the 1970s as part of urban renewal projects. The crane has already demolished 332 Public Square East, the site of Everett Beasley, Inc. The buildings at 338 Public Square East that formerly housed W. S. Riddle Notion Company, number 336 that had housed Sam Lapidus Dry Goods, and part of the building at 334, the former site of the Southern Coat and Dress Company and Golden Art Hosiery Company, are still standing in the picture. These structures were demolished in 1974 during the construction of the Gay Street connector. 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	1974
Type	Still image; Slides; Architectural photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	WSC 3975
Relation	Charles Warterfield Architectural Collection
Coverage	1970-1979
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 3975