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Description
Title
Maxwell
House
fire
,
1958
June
04
Corporate name
Maxwell House (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Hotels--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Fourth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Church Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
scene
from the
Maxwell
House
hotel
fire
in
downtown
Nashville
,
Tennessee
on
June
4th
,
1958
. This
grand
hotel
was
located
at the
corner
of
Fourth
and
Church
,
completed
in
1859
. This was the
first
of
two
fires
,
occurring
in
1958
.
No
injuries
were
reported
,
yet
the
fire
caused
an
estimated
$50,000
worth
of
damage
to the
building
.
It
caught
on
fire
again
during
the
Christmas
night
fire
of
1961
and
destroyed
all
but the
structural
shell
.
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
1958-06-04
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 077 Maxwell House fire in 1958 009
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
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412
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