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Historic Nashville Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Buchanan Station Cemetery
2016-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Buchanan Station Cemetery, 749 Massman Dr, Nashville, TN, 37210, United States
Join us as we tour the Buchanan Cemetery with Mike Slate, historian for the Friends of Buchanan’s Station Cemetery.
The Buchanan’s Station cemetery is on Massman Drive just off of Elm Hill Pike. Address: 749 Massman Dr., Nashville, TN 37210
Link for more info: http://www.civicscope.org/nashville-tn/BuchananStationCemetery
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History Transformed, Welcome Back to Union Station with Historic Nashville
2016-10-09 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Union Station Nashville, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Union Station Hotel Nashville and Historic Nashville Inc. invite you to “History Transformed, Welcome Back to Union Station,”a celebration of the hotel’s recent transformation. Following an extensive restoration touching nearly every area of Union Station, the hotel is excited to officially reveal its updates and new spaces for the first time to the public during the event on Sunday, October 9 from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. The event falls on the 116th anniversary of Union Station opening in 1900.

Hosted in collaboration with Historic Nashville, Music City’s only nonprofit organization dedicated to historic preservation that was itself instrumental in preserving Union Station, the event will include tours of the hotel’s updated rooms and events spaces, brunch bites and beverages provided by Union Station’s new bar and restaurant Carter’s, a silent auction and more.

Additionally, Historic Nashville will celebrate the announcement of the 2016 Nashville Nine, which will be revealed directly prior to the event. A list compiled each year through a public nomination, the Nashville Nine reveals nine historic properties endangered by demolition, neglect or development and has included past properties such as the historic RCA Studio A on Music Row, Highland Heights School in East Nashville and the Tennessee State Prison.
This event is FREE and open to the public, please join us!

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Preservation Easement Workshop
2016-10-05 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | TN
Historic Nashville Inc. is hosting an informational workshop for Nashville property owners to learn more about the non-profit’s Preservation Easement program. This workshop is open to all property owners in the Nashville area including developers, real estate agents, business owners, and home owners. A panel of experts, including special guest and Legal Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation Tom Mayes, will discuss the details of HNI’s program as well as the potential tax benefits of donating a preservation easement. RSVPs are encouraged to easements@historicnashvilleinc.org. Walk-ins are welcome.
HNI’s Preservation Easement Workshop is free and will include lite bites and refreshments.

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Historic Nashville Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Acme Farm Supply Building
2016-10-01 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | TN
Join us for a tour of the historic Acme Farm Supply Building (now Acme Feed & Seed) in Downtown Nashville.
Built as a 3-story building in 1890 by J.R. Whitemore, the first tenants were two brothers, Frederic and William Cummins, who rented the building for their grocery store. Later tenants included: Southern Soda Works, Continental Baking Powder Company, Ford Flour Company, and the Tennessee Wholesale Drug Company, among others. In 1913, it housed the Bearden Buggy Company, and a wooden elevator was added to the building to transport the buggies up and down. In 1943, it housed Acme Feed and Hatchery, later known as Acme Farm Supply, and sold “straw, feed, wire, tools” and more. The store closed down in September 1999 and remained vacant until 2013 when a restauranteur, several business people and country music musician Alan Jackson leased the building to turn it into a restaurant/bar and music venue. It now operates as Acme Feed & Seed and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998.
Note: there is no designated parking for this tour. Please utilize parking on any adjoining streets and garages. Members should meet at the front of the building.
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Historic Nashville Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Tennessee Supreme Court Bldg
2016-09-24 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Tennessee Supreme Court, 401 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37219, United States
Join Historic Nashville for a members-only tour of the Tennessee Supreme Court Building on Saturday, September 24th, 2016 at 10:00 am.
Meet at:
Tennessee Supreme Court Building
401 7th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37219 Map
Join us for a tour of the historic Tennessee Supreme Court Building which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
The four-story building was built in 1937 by Rock City Construction Company and was designed by Nashville architects Marr & Holman in a style known as Stripped Classicism. Currently, the Tennessee Supreme Court offices are housed in this building, and the court meets here when it is in session in Nashville. Parts of three films were shot in the court building: “Marie” in 1984 starring Sissy Spacek, “Last Dance” in 1995 starring Sharon Stone, and “Billy: The Early Years” in 2008. A representative will lead us on the tour which will last approximately an hour.
Note: there is no designated parking for this tour. Please utilize parking on any adjoining streets and garages. Members should meet at the front of the building.
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HISTORIC NASHVILLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR OF THE CRAIGHEAD HOUSE
2016-08-27 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | TN
JOIN HISTORIC NASHVILLE FOR A MEMBERS-ONLY TOUR OF THE CRAIGHEAD HOUSE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2016 AT 10:00 AM.
MEET AT:
The Craighead House
3710 Westbrook Ave
Nashville, TN 37205 Map
Join us for a tour of the historic Craighead House led by the home’s current owner, Steve Sirls.
This Federal-style home was built in 1810 for John Brown Craighead and his first wife Jane Erwin Dickinson. Craighead was the son of early Nashville settler the Rev. Thomas Craighead. In 1823, Craighead married Lavinia Robertson Beck, youngest daughter of Nashville founders Charlotte and James Robertson. Major additions to the house were made in 1824, 1919, and 1998. Developers purchased the Craighead estate in 1905 and planned the present-day Richland-West End neighborhood.
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Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of Brentwood Hall
2016-07-23 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | TN
Join Historic Nashville For A Member’S Only Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of Brentwood Hall!
When: July 23, 2016 @ 10:00 CST
Where: 440 Hogan Rd, Nashville, TN 37211
Details: Members should meet in front of Brentwood Hall house. Ample parking is available at or near the house.
Brentwood Hall, built circa 1910, was the estate of prominent Nashville businessman and banker Rogers Caldwell who was often called “the J.P. Morgan of the South”. Caldwell was the son of another prominent Nashville son, James Caldwell, and grew up at the historic Longview mansion in Oak Hill. After the stock market crash of 1929, Rogers Caldwell’s company went bankrupt, leading to the scandalous failure of nearly 100 banks across the South in what was called “greatest financial disaster which Tennessee has ever experienced”. The state of Tennessee seized Caldwell’s estate in the aftermath. The property now operates under the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The grounds include Caldwell’s former mansion, a renovated horse barn which now houses an agriculture and early Tennessee history museum, a family cemetery, 1800’s-era log cabins, an arboretum and various state agency office buildings. Join Historic Nashville members for a behind-the-scenes exclusive tour of the estate of one of Nashville’s most prominent and infamous residents at the turn of the century.
Tour will include Brentwood Hall, the old cemetery, and the agriculture museum.

Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Marathon Village
2016-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Marathon Village, 1305 Clinton St, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Join Historic Nashville For A Member’S Only Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of Marathon Village!
When: July 16, 2016 @ 10:00 CST
Where: 1305 Clinton St, Nashville, TN 37203
Details: Park in the gravel lot behind 1305 Clinton Street or in the overflow lot next to that alley. Parking may also be available on side lots but will be limited due to high traffic for summer tourist season. Plan to arrive early to find parking. Members should meet in the lobby of 1305 Clinton Street to begin the tour at the Car Museum.
Once abandoned and overgrown with weeds, Marathon Village is now a booming national tourist destination and home of the original Marathon Motor Car factory. The factory and surrounding buildings were built between circa 1881 and 1912 with differing styles of architecture. Several original Marathon Cars can be viewed inside the car museum. The village is an example of adaptive reuse of historic Nashville structures and houses various local businesses including an art gallery, a coffee shop, boutiques, a brewery and taproom, and the popular Antique Archaeology store. Join Historic Nashville members for a behind-the-scenes exclusive tour with the owner and savior of the now-restored historic property, Barry Walker.
