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Air shots of the Capitol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 July 01
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Air shots of the Capitol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 July 01
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Description
Title
Air
shots
of the
Capitol
Hill
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1957
July
01
Corporate name
Tennessee State Capitol (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Capitols--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Public buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Tennessee--Capital and capitol
Description
The
Tennessee
State
Capitol
Building
and
redevelopment
area
is
pictured
in this
July
1st
,
1957
aerial
of
Capitol
Hill
in
downtown
Nashville
. This
is
related
to the
Capitol
Hill
Redevelopment
Project
, a
major
urban
renewal
project
implemented
in the
1950s
. The
Tennessee
State
Capitol
was
designed
by
architect
William
Strickland
,
who
modeled
it
after
a
Greek
Ionic
temple
. The
cornerstone
was
laid
on
July
4th
,
1845
and the
building
was
completed
fourteen
years
later
in
1859
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1957-07-01
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 007 Air shots of Capitol Hill Area in 1957 006
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1950-1959
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 RG 412
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