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Mayor Briley on the observation deck of Life & Casualty Tower, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1960s
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Mayor Briley on the observation deck of Life & Casualty Tower, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1960s
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Title
Mayor
Briley
on the
observation
deck
of
Life
&
Casualty
Tower
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
circa
1960s
Personal name
Briley
,
Beverly
,
1914-1980
Corporate name
Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee
Davidson County Court House (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Insurance companies--Tennessee--Nashville
Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Bridges--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Fourth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Church Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Cumberland River (Ky. and Tenn.)
Description
Pictured
:
Nashville
Mayor
Beverly
Briley
viewing
the
downtown
area
from
atop
the
observation
deck
of the
Life
and
Casualty
Insurance
Company
,
circa
the
1960s
. This
life
insurance
company
,
based
in
Nashville
, was
founded
in
1903
by A.
M
.
Burton
,
great-grandfather
of
singer
Amy
Grant
. In
1957
they
moved
into a
new
thirty-one-story
tower
known
as the
L
&
C
Tower
,
located
at
4th
Avenue
North
and
Church
Street
. The
building
was
briefly
the
tallest
building
in the
Southeast
.
Mayor
Briley
was the
first
mayor
of the
newly
consolidated
metropolitan
government
of
Nashville
and
Davidson
County
. A
Democrat
, he
served
from
1963
to
1975
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
35
mm
slide
,
filmstrip
:
b
&
w
.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
ca.
1960s
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 911 Life & Casualty Tower, Mayor Briley on observation deck 009
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
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
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3
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