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Description
Title
First
Baptist
Church
-
615
Broadway
,
2001
November
Corporate name
First Baptist Church (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Architecture
Buildings
Churches
Popular Culture
Religion
Downtown Nashville
Capital City
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Religious facilities--Tennessee--Nashville
Church architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Details
Arches--Tennessee--Nashville
Baptist church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Brick churches--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture, Gothic--Tennessee--Nashville
Towers--Tennessee--Nashville
Protestant church buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Churches--Tennessee--Nashville
Business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Steeples
Baptist churches--Tennessee--Nashville
Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville (Tenn.)--Religious life and customs
Broadway Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
photograph
of the
First
Baptist
Church
located
in
downtown
Nashville
at the
northeast
corner
of
7th
Avenue
and
Broadway
. The
First
Baptist
Church
was
originally
organized
in the
year
1820
.
Members
met
for
services
in the
Davidson
County
Courthouse
. The
congregation
had
two
different
church
buildings
before
occupying
the
current
location
at
615
Broadway
in
1886
.
During
a
building
project
from
October
1967
to
1970
the
original
church
building
at this
address
was
razed
,
though
the
old
steeple
tower
was
maintained
and
incorporated
to the
new
and
larger
church
building
. The
architectural
style
is
American
Gothic
, with a
variety
of
arches
adorning
the
building
. The
foundation
is
brick
. The
exterior
walls
are
brick
.
Special
features
include
a
tower
.
Forms
part
of the
Historic
Nashville
,
Inc
.
Sacred
Sites
Survey
Project
.
1
photograph
:
col
. ;
4
x
6
in.
Creator
Historic
Nashville
,
Inc
.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
2001-11
Type
Still
Image
;
Photographs
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
SSSP - 1st Baptist
Language
English
Relation
Historic
Nashville
,
Inc
.
Sacred
Sites
Survey
Project
Coverage
2000-2009
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
.
Location
Closed Stacks-SSSP-1st Baptist
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