Built in 1810 by Col. Michael Dunn, the Grassmere home located at the Nashville Zoo holds quite a story within it's walls. This is the second oldest residence in Davidson County that is open to the public, The property served as a family farm for 175 years. Sisters Margaret and Elise Croft willed the Grassmere […]
This is a members only tour. Reserve tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/historicnashvilleinc/1371559? The Bicentennial Mall was built to honor Tennessee’s first 200 years. Designed with the theme of “the land, people, and music of Tennessee,” this 19-acre park directly north of the state capitol has become one of the most successful urban parks in the Southeast. In […]
This is a members only tour. Reserve tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/historicnashvilleinc/1429362 Join HNI for a tour of Nashville's Gilded Age in one of our city's most magnificent cemeteries. This tour, led by Davidson County Historian Carole Bucy, will shed light on how Nashville became a business town with railroads leading the way for Nashville 's boom after the […]
This is a members only event. Reserve tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/historicnashvilleinc/1429373 Jimmy Kelly’s is an iconic restaurant in Nashville renowned for its steaks, fine service, and atmosphere, legendary for business deals and political hobnobbing. It also has a fascinating history through Prohibition and a proud family legacy of several generations of restaurateurs. Come join us for […]
Please join HNI for a Members Only Behind the Scenes Tour of 217 2nd Avenue North on Saturday, November 23, at 10 am. This historic building was built in 1875 along then-named Market Street and was part of a bustling downtown wholesale and retail sector supplied by steamboats from the Cumberland River. During its history, this […]
Historic Nashville, Inc. invites you to our annual meeting on Thursday, January 23, at 5:30 PM at Marathon Village. This is a free event exclusively for HNI members, and tickets and membership are required. Memberships can be purchased or renewed on our website at historicnashvilleinc.org/get-involved/membership. The event will begin with a reception including hors d’oeuvre refreshments, followed […]
Come join the annual open house for visitors at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum on Saturday, March 29! The history of Nashville and its success can, in part, be attributed to railroads, especially as they replaced steamboats. The “iron horse” helped Nashville thrive on a large-scale in flour milling, hardwood lumber products, passenger transportation, and […]
Historic Nashville inc. invites you to mingle and socialize in the casual outdoor and indoor spaces at Urban Cowboy’s Public House Bar and Parlor Bar. Wood-fired pizza is served in the backyard and craft cocktails are sure to please. Urban Cowboy is a historic Victorian mansion dating back to the 1800s restored into a hotel, […]
Come join HNI for a guided tour of historic Music Row studios on Saturday, May 24! We will visit Columbia Studios A and B (formerly known as the Quonset Hut), which was the first commercial recording studio on Music Row, and now part of Belmont University's Curb School of Entertainment and Music Business. Coincidentally, this HNI tour will […]
The Neuhoff Abattoir and Packing Company, Inc. was founded in 1906 by German immigrants Henry and Lorenz Neuhoff. Serving Germantown as a vital job center and one of Nashville’s earliest mass production meat processing facilities, the business thrived and expanded throughout the early twentieth century. By 1930, fresh meats from Neuhoff were sold across the […]
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