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Photograph of buildings on the north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959
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Photograph of buildings on the north side of the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959
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Title
Photograph
of
buildings
on the
north
side
of the
Public
Square
in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1959
Personal name
Morgan
,
Samuel
D.
;
Reeves
,
J
.
S
.
Corporate name
D. F. Siler Company (Nashville, Tenn.)
Harris-Davis and Company (Nashville, Tenn.)
J. L. Turner and Son (Nashville, Tenn.)
Reeves Building (Nashville, Tenn.)
Morgan Building (Nashville, Tenn.)
The Judges Chambers (Nashville, Tenn.)
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Architecture
Buildings
Business
Capital City
Downtown Nashville
Popular Culture
Shopping
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Architects--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Streets--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Commercial buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Urban renewal--Tennessee--Nashville--History
Law--Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville--History
Cornerstones--Tennessee--Nashville
Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Windows--Tennessee--Nashville
Streets--Tennessee--Nashville
Business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Sidewalks--Tennessee--Nashville
Roofs--Tennessee--Nashville
Signs (Notices)--Tennessee--Nashville
Arches--Tennessee--Nashville
Automobiles--Tennessee--Nashville
Parking--Tennessee--Nashville
Plazas--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Public Square (Nashville, Tenn.)--History
Court House Square (Nashville, Tenn.)--History
Description
Harris-Davis
and
Company
,
J
.
L
.
Turner
and
Son
,
J
.
S
.
Reeves
and
Company
, and
D
.
F
.
Siler
Company
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
destroyed
in the
1970s
as
part
of
urban
renewal
projects
. These
buildings
,
located
at
206-216
Public
Square
North
,
formed
part
of the
north
side
of the
square
,
running
west
from
2nd
Avenue
North
.
Among
them are the
last
of the
perimeter
buildings
to be
demolished
. The
Reeves
Building
,
208-210
Public
Square
North
,
is
believed
to have been
constructed
in the
late
1850s
.
It
was
built
by
Samuel
D
.
Morgan
to as a
home
to his
wholesale
dry
goods
business
.
Iron
cores
were
used
in the
columns
of the
building
.
J
.
S
.
Reeves
purchased
the
building
,
which
became
the
home
of his
dry
goods
business
until
1964
.
It
,
along
with the
buildings
to the
left
of
it
in the
picture
, was
demolished
in
1975
. The
building
located
at
206
Public
Square
North
,
occupied
by
D
.
F
.
Siler
Company
in the
picture
, had a
cornerstone
that
dated
it
to
1882
and
it
once
housed
the
Sunday
School
Union
of the
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
. In the
late1970s
it
was
home
to The
Judges
Chambers
, a
restaurant
frequented
by
attorneys
and
city
government
officials
, and was the
last
of these
buildings
to be
demolished
.
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
1959
Type
Still
image
;
Slides
;
Architectural
photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
WSC 3912
Relation
Charles
Warterfield
Architectural
Collection
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
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
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