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Nashville, Tennessee. Working on a wing section of a bomber

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on a wing section of a bomber

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Nashville Tennessee. Discussing blueprints in the parts division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville Tennessee. Discussing blueprints in the parts division. Vult...

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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. In the engine installation section

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. In the engine installat...

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Nashville, Tennessee. Lunch time in the tail assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Lunch time in the tail assembly section. Vultee ...

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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. In the fuselage assembly section

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. In the fuselage assembl...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Camouflaging the ship. A Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division is shown attached to the overhead mechanized assembly line trolly. The dive bomber has just entered the huge paint spray booth where it is receiving its camouflage painting treatment before moving to the next station. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Camouflaging the ship. A ...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Carburetor adjustment. A flight service mechanic is shown here making adjustments on the carburetor of a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Carburetor adjustment. A ...

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"Joe Knows Nashville" mural in downtown, Nashville, Tennessee

"Joe Knows Nashville" mural in downtown, Nashville, Tennessee

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More

Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson...

Significance: The bridge possesses state level engineering significance as an example of the through Parker and camelback truss types for its uncommon concrete trusses. The bridge possesses local significance a... More

Traveller's Rest, Farrell Parkway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Traveller's Rest, Farrell Parkway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: The site on which Travellers' Rest is situated was acquired by Judge John Overton in 1796, the year Tennessee became a state. The original section of the residence, a simple two-story four-room F... More

Panorama of Nashville terminal,  Panoramic Photograph

Panorama of Nashville terminal, Panoramic Photograph

H69582 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. O. Fuller; December 8, 1905. Copyright claimant's address: Nashville, Tenn.

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...

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The Parthenon, Nashville, Tenn.,  Panoramic Photograph

The Parthenon, Nashville, Tenn., Panoramic Photograph

H121213 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; January 4, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43659. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

First Presbyterian Church, 154 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

First Presbyterian Church, 154 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Davidson Count...

Significance: Designed by William Strickland in 1849, the First Presbyterian Church is the largest and best preserved example of an Egyptian Revival church building in America. // Designed in 1849 for the First... More

Belle Meade, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belle Meade, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: Wall construction: Brick. Size and form: Rectangular, with semi-detached kitchen wing. Number stories: Two and one-half. Front porch: Stone, quarried on place. Rear porch: Wood - with iron ros... More

Vanderbilt University, Gymnasium, Twenty-third Avenue, South & West End Boulevard, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Vanderbilt University, Gymnasium, Twenty-third Avenue, South & West En...

Significance: Completed in 1880, the Vanderbilt facility, with its considerable gymnastic equipment and indoor running track, was one of the earliest and best equipped gymnasiums in the South. Though the inter... More

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson Cou...

Significance: Begun in 1844, St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the famed architect, William Strickland, soon after his arrival in Nashville, Tennessee. A simple, well-proportioned Greek Revival edifice, it ... More

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson Cou...

Significance: Begun in 1844, St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the famed architect, William Strickland, soon after his arrival in Nashville, Tennessee. A simple, well-proportioned Greek Revival edifice, it ... More

Tennessee Manufacturing Company Buildings, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Tennessee Manufacturing Company Buildings, Nashville, Davidson County,...

Significance: A complex of buildings built over two decades, the Tennessee Manufacturing Company Buildings comprise the largest surviving nineteenth-century factory in the area. This factory, in operation in 1... More

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between Broadway & Church Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...

Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between Broadway & Church Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...

Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More

Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

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Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

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Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More

University of Nashville, Literary Department Building, 724 Second Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

University of Nashville, Literary Department Building, 724 Second Aven...

Significance: Begun in 1853 by Major Adolphus Heiman, one of Nashville's pioneer architects, the main building for the University of Nashville inaugurated the rich tradition of collegiate Gothic architecture in... More

University of Nashville, Literary Department Building, 724 Second Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

University of Nashville, Literary Department Building, 724 Second Aven...

Significance: Begun in 1853 by Major Adolphus Heiman, one of Nashville's pioneer architects, the main building for the University of Nashville inaugurated the rich tradition of collegiate Gothic architecture in... More

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Dav...

Significance: The design for the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has been attributed to the architectural firm of Wills and Dudley of New York. Begun in 1852, Holy Trinity was modeled after an English parish chu... More

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Dav...

Significance: The design for the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has been attributed to the architectural firm of Wills and Dudley of New York. Begun in 1852, Holy Trinity was modeled after an English parish chu... More

Vanderbilt University, West Side Row, West End Avenue & Twenty-fourth Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Vanderbilt University, West Side Row, West End Avenue & Twenty-fourth ...

Significance: These five buildings were erected as dormitories for Vanderbilt University in 1886 and 1887. They represent an early venture in student housing, when campus residence by students was less common t... More

Vanderbilt University, West Side Row, West End Avenue & Twenty-fourth Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Vanderbilt University, West Side Row, West End Avenue & Twenty-fourth ...

Significance: These five buildings were erected as dormitories for Vanderbilt University in 1886 and 1887. They represent an early venture in student housing, when campus residence by students was less common t... More

Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville...

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State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, Davidson County, TN

The Hermitage, U.S. Highway 70 North (4580 Rachel's Lane), Nashville, ...

Significance: The Hermitage and five hundred acres of adjoining land were bought by the State in 1856. It is believed that the brick building was begun in 1818. There is no record of the architect. ... Much f... More

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Jubilee singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. / negative by Black.

Jubilee singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. / negative by Black...

Photo shows a studio group portrait of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, with (from l. to r.) Minnie Tate, Greene Evans, Isaac Dickerson, Jennie Jackson, Maggie Porter, Ella Sheppard, Thomas Rutling, Benjami... More

A young truant newsie, during school hours.  Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

A young truant newsie, during school hours. Location: Nashville, Tenn...

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Trailer camp for defense workers of the Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee

Trailer camp for defense workers of the Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashvil...

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Trailers for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee

Trailers for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tenn...

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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Drilling holes for rivets in a fuselage on a sub-assembly line

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Drilling holes for rive...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. The Vengeance (V72) bomber

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. The Vengeance (V72) bom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. In the tail assembly section

Nashville, Tennessee. In the tail assembly section

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on the tail sections of bombers. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on the tail sections of bombers. Vultee ...

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Nashville Tennessee. In the final assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville Tennessee. In the final assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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Nashville, Tennessee. Working on motor installation at the Vultee Plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on motor installation at the Vultee Plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee bombers nearing completion on the final assembly line. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee bombers nearing completion on the final a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nashville, Tennessee. Wings for bombers. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Wings for bombers. Vultee Aircraft Corporation p...

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Nashville, Tennessee. In the wing assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the wing assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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Nashville, Tennessee. Final assembly of the "Vengeance" bomber at the Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Final assembly of the "Vengeance" bomber at the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Oil tank installation. Vultee workers are shown installing an oil tank behind the engine firewall on the sub-assembly engine mounting. This Wright "double cyclone" engine powers the "Vengeance" dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Oil tank installation. Vu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque. Using a hand drill, the young woman in this scene is drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque, a step in the fabrication process of manufacturing Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling rivet holes in t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor installation. A high angle view of a group of workers installing the motor on a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. Note that the inner wings are ready to be attached at this point. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor installation. A hig...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detail, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee

Detail, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee

Ryman Auditorium, a National Historic Landmark and former home of the Grand Ole Opry (1943-1974), continues its more-than-100-year music tradition. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit... More

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belmont, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Significance: Built in 1850 by Col. J.A.S. Acklen and his wife, Adelicia, Belmont was considered at that time to be one of the finest private residences in the south. Designed in the manner of an Italian Renai... More

Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson...

Significance: The bridge possesses state level engineering significance as an example of the through Parker and camelback truss types for its uncommon concrete trusses. The bridge possesses local significance a... More

Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Sparkman Street Bridge, Spanning Cumberland River, Nashville, Davidson...

Significance: The bridge possesses state level engineering significance as an example of the through Parker and camelback truss types for its uncommon concrete trusses. The bridge possesses local significance a... More

First Presbyterian Church, 154 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

First Presbyterian Church, 154 Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Davidson Count...

Significance: Designed by William Strickland in 1849, the First Presbyterian Church is the largest and best preserved example of an Egyptian Revival church building in America. // Designed in 1849 for the First... More

Vanderbilt University, Gymnasium, Twenty-third Avenue, South & West End Boulevard, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Vanderbilt University, Gymnasium, Twenty-third Avenue, South & West En...

Significance: Completed in 1880, the Vanderbilt facility, with its considerable gymnastic equipment and indoor running track, was one of the earliest and best equipped gymnasiums in the South. Though the inter... More

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson Cou...

Significance: Begun in 1844, St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the famed architect, William Strickland, soon after his arrival in Nashville, Tennessee. A simple, well-proportioned Greek Revival edifice, it ... More

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

St. Mary's Cathedral, 328 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson Cou...

Significance: Begun in 1844, St. Mary's Cathedral was designed by the famed architect, William Strickland, soon after his arrival in Nashville, Tennessee. A simple, well-proportioned Greek Revival edifice, it ... More

Two 7 year old Nashville newsies, profane and smart, selling Sunday.  Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

Two 7 year old Nashville newsies, profane and smart, selling Sunday. ...

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Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between Broadway & Church Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...

Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between Broadway & Church Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...

Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between Broadway & Church Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Second Avenue North, Commercial District, Second Avenue North between ...

Significance: Initially known as Market Street, Second Avenue from Broadway to the Public Square was probably the most important business street in Nashville in the last half of the nineteenth century. The blo... More

Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

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Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

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Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Newsom's Mill Bridge, Spanning Harpeth River, Newsom's Station Road, N...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its role in local industry and railroading. The bridge derives additional significance as a representative example of the pony Warren truss type for its association w... More

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Dav...

Significance: The design for the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has been attributed to the architectural firm of Wills and Dudley of New York. Begun in 1852, Holy Trinity was modeled after an English parish chu... More

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 615 Sixth Avenue, South, Nashville, Dav...

Significance: The design for the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has been attributed to the architectural firm of Wills and Dudley of New York. Begun in 1852, Holy Trinity was modeled after an English parish chu... More

George Christopher, Postal Tel. #7, 14 years old. Been at it over 3 years. Does not work nights.  Location: Nashville, Alabama [i.e., Tennessee?]

George Christopher, Postal Tel. #7, 14 years old. Been at it over 3 ye...

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Fisk University, Jubilee Hall, Seventeenth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Fisk University, Jubilee Hall, Seventeenth Avenue, North, Nashville, D...

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Fisk University, Jubilee Hall, Seventeenth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Fisk University, Jubilee Hall, Seventeenth Avenue, North, Nashville, D...

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Belmont, Gazebos, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belmont, Gazebos, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson C...

Survey number: HABS TN-56-A Public domain photograph of arch gateway entrance, gates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Belmont, Gazebos, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Belmont, Gazebos, Belmont Boulevard & Wedgewood, Nashville, Davidson C...

Survey number: HABS TN-56-A Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adolphus Heiman House, 900 Jefferson Street, Northwest, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Adolphus Heiman House, 900 Jefferson Street, Northwest, Nashville, Dav...

Significance: Designed and built by Nashville architect Adolphus Heiman for use as his own residence, this mid-19th century, one-story brick house was an important expression of the Italian-villa style with mod... More

Adolphus Heiman House, 900 Jefferson Street, Northwest, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Adolphus Heiman House, 900 Jefferson Street, Northwest, Nashville, Dav...

Significance: Designed and built by Nashville architect Adolphus Heiman for use as his own residence, this mid-19th century, one-story brick house was an important expression of the Italian-villa style with mod... More

Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville...

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

State Capitol, State Capitol Boulevard & Cedar Street, Nashville, Davi...

Significance: The Tennessee State Capitol is owned and occupied by the State of Tennessee, possession was taken by the State Legislature on October 7th 1843. The Legislature accepted from the citizens of Nashv... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson ...

Significance: The Ryman Auditorium was built at a time when religious revivalism was attracting such a following in Nashville that Thomas Green Ryman, a recent convert himself, decided in 188 to provide the cit... More

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