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Tulane Hotel demolition in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1957
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Title
Tulane
Hotel
demolition
in
downtown
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
circa
1957
Corporate name
Tulane Hotel (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Hotels--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Streets--Tennessee--Nashville
Commercial buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Eighth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Church Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
view
of the
Tulane
Hotel
,
located
at
Church
and
Eighth
Avenue
North
,
NE
corner
in
downtown
Nashville
,
Tennessee
circa
1957
. This
hotel
,
built
in the
renaissance
revival
style
, was
erected
in
1894
as the
Nicholson
Hotel
on the
site
of the
old
Nicholson
House
, a
fancy
boarding
housing
beginning
in the
1860s
and the
residence
of
I
.
C
.
Nicholson
. In
1896
, the
hotel
, with its
renovation
and
expansion
, was
renamed
the
“Tulane”
for
one
of the
new
owner’s
relatives
. In
1897
,
during
the
Tennessee
Centennial
Exposition
,
it
held
visitors
from
all
over
the
world
. In
1911
,
Anne
Dallas
Dudley
and
several
other
women
met
in a
parlor
of the
Tulane
Hotel
and
founded
the
Nashville
Equal
Suffrage
League
, an
activist
organization
in
support
for the
right
of
women
to
vote
.
During
the
1940s
there were
many
elegant
formal
balls
,
election
year
celebrations
,
Christmases
, and
entertainment
for
soldiers
during
World
War
II
. In
1947
,
Castle
Studio
,
Nashville
first
major
recording
studio
was
established
at the
site
. In the
1950s
,
National
Life
and
Accident
Insurance
purchased
the
building
for
approximately
$850,000
. The
Tulane
closed
its
doors
April
1956
and a
few
months
later
this
hotel
was
razed
to
make
way
for a
parking
lot
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
ca.
1957
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 1148 Tulane Hotel demolition in 1957 004
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
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 RG3
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