The Nashville Nine

   2011 Nashville Nine: The Hughes House c. 1870 - North Nashville

 

Since 2009, Historic Nashville has published the annual Nashville Nine, a list of the city’s historic properties endangered by demolition, neglect or development.  Every year the Nashville Nine is compiled through a public nomination process revealing historic buildings and places that matter to the people of our city. 

Since the program’s inception, Historic Nashville has brought to the public’s attention a wide variety of the city’s endangered landmarks, including historic houses, park buildings, civic landmarks, commercial buildings, neighborhood schools, churches and even neon signs.  These properties represent a range of historic time periods, architectural styles and building types that embody Nashville and Davidson County’s rich cultural history. 

The Nashville Nine program receives a tremendous amount of attention in the press and general public, and has successfully helped prevent demolition or buy additional time for endangered historic properties such as the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Chapel and Office, Fort Nashborough on the downtown riverfront, the U.S. Post Office in downtown’s historic Arcade, the Centerstone/DeDe Wallace Center in the Woodland-in-Waverly neighborhood, the Lock Keeper’s House at Lock Two Park in Donelson and others.

Five Nashville Nine properties have been lost or seriously damaged since the list began in 2009

Historic Nashville, Inc., announced the 2011 Nashville Nine on Friday, September 9, 2011. The list features nine historic properties, nominated by the public, that are threatened by demolition, neglect, or development.

Update: Gallatin Road Fire Hall damaged by fire Dec. 1, 2011; City says historic building to be saved. Read the release.

2011 Nashville Nine

Fehr School - Built 1924
1624 5th Avenue North, North Nashville

French-Starr Piano Building – Built 1889
240 5th Avenue North, Downtown
 
Gallatin Road Fire Hall for Engine No. 18 – c. 1930s
1220 Gallatin Road, East Nashville
 
Highland Heights School – c. 1930s
123 Douglas Ave., East Nashville
 
Hughes House – c. 1870
1724 Jefferson Street, North Nashville
 
McGavock House – c. 1840,
908 Meridian Street, East Nashville
 
Percy Warner Park Picnic Shelters – c. 1930s
7311 Highway 100, West Nashville
 
Tennessee State Prison – Built 1898
6410 Centennial Blvd., West Nashville
 
TSU Hale Stadium and Field House - Built 1953
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd., Nashville
 
READ the Press Release.
 

2010 Nashville Nine

Fort Nashborough

John Geist & Sons Blacksmith Shop

Friendship Community Outreach Center

Gallatin Pike Historic District

Iser-Bloomstein House / Workmen’s Circle Hall - Read the press release for an exciting update!

Tennessee Department of Highways Building

Imperial House Apartments

Centerstone / Dede Wallace Center

Lock Two Park Buildings

2009 Nashville Nine


McCampbell House

Jackson House

“Silverdene,” Lawrence Finn House

Mt. Olivet Cemetery Chapel & Office

U.S. Post Office at 16 Arcade

Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ

Home for Aged Masons/Masonic School

Historic Neon Signs

Historic Neighborhood Schools

 

READ the press release.