Monday, December 5, 2016

town lots database

Grantor Grantee Date of Instrument Date Filed Book Page Lot No. Amount
Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, John Aug 16 1784 ng A 29 1
Trustees Town of Nashville James, Thomas Aug 6 1790 Nov 16 1793 C 202 2
Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, John 3
Trustees Town of Nashville Pollack, B. W. A 37 4
Trustees Town of Nashville Pollack, B. W. A 36 5
Trustees Town of Nashville Clark, Lardner 6
Trustees Town of Nashville Mulherin, William Jul 8 1788 Jul 22 1788 A 227 6
Trustees Town of Nashville Clark, Lardner Jul 26 1784 ng A 81 7
Clark, Lardner Armstrong, Martin Mar 29 1785 ng A 9 7
Trustees Town of Nashville Drake, Jonathan Jul 30 1784 ng A 20 8
Trustees Town of Nashville Crutcher, Capt. 8
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, James and Bushnell 9
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, James Aug 15 1784 ng A 13 9
Trustees Town of Nashville Shaw, Olive Jul 9 1788 Jul 30 1788 A 245 10
Trustees Town of Nashville Clark, Lardner 10
Trustees Town of Nashville Clark, Lardner Jul 26 1784 ng A 13 11
Bass, Peter Woodcock, John N 273 11
Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, John Aug 16 1784 ng A 29 12
Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, John Aug 16 1784 ng A 30 13
Trustees Town of Nashville Collinsworth, William 14
Trustees Town of Nashville Abel, Ezekial Apr 8 1793 May 4 1793 C 145 15
Gordon, John Wheaton, Jane I 86 15
Trustees Town of Nashville Murfree, Hardy Jul 30 1784 May 28 1807 G 148 16
Trustees Town of Nashville Mauldin, James Aug 16 1784 ng A 22 17
Trustees Town of Nashville Ewing, Andrew Jul 30 1784 ng A 27 18
Trustees Town of Nashville Crutcher, William Jul 26 1784 ng A 4 19 £
Trustees Town of Nashville 20
Trustees Town of Nashville Molloy, Thomas Jul 30 1784 ng A 34 21
Trustees Town of Nashville Deadrick, etal, John Apr 10 1793 Apr 30 1793 C 133 21
Trustees Town of Nashville Shaw, James Jul 30 1784 ng A 17 22
Trustees Town of Nashville Llewellen, Abednigo Jul 29 1784 ng A 21 23
Trustees Town of Nashville Robinson, James Aug 15 1784 ng A 11 24
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, James and Dr. Sappington 24 24
Gordon, John Waggeman, Thomas E. G 47 24
Tatum, Howell Anderson, John Nov 13 1797 Aug 16 1799 E 115 25 $500
Trustees Town of Nashville Sanders, Julius Jul 30 1784 25
Sheriff, Sanders estate Green, Thomas A 255 25
Tatum, Howell Robertson, James, son of Elijah D 150 25
Trustees Town of Nashville Dougherty, George Aug 16 1784 ng A 3 26
Trustees Town of Nashville Lytle, William 27
Trustees Town of Nashville Bizwell, James Jul 8 1788 Jul 22 1788 A 227 28
Trustees Town of Nashville Bushnell, E. 28
Trustees Town of Nashville Pettit, Benjamin Aug 16 1784 ng A 37 29
Trustees Town of Nashville Rice, John Jun 30 1785 ng A 17 30
Trustees Town of Nashville Fletcher, Thomas Apr 6 1785 ng A 26 30
Trustees Town of Nashville Gower, Russell Jul 26 1784 ng A 33 30
Trustees Town of Nashville Crutcher, Anthony Jul 26 1784 ng A 23 31
Trustees Town of Nashville Menees, James Aug 16 1784 ng A 40 32
Trustees Town of Nashville Looney, David Aug 16 1784 ng A 23 33
Trustees Town of Nashville Lucas, Andrew Jul 30 1784 ng A 25 34
Trustees Town of Nashville Gower, Russell 34
Trustees Town of Nashville Caffrey, Peter Aug 16 1784 ng A 35 35
Trustees Town of Nashville Cockrill, John 35
Trustees Town of Nashville Foreman, John Jul 30 1784 ng A 49 36
Trustees Town of Nashville Armstrong, Martinand David Hay Mar 29 1785 ng A 8 37
Trustees Town of Nashville Lytle, William Aug 16 1784 ng A 10 37
Trustees Town of Nashville Gibson, John Jul 8 1788 Jul 22 1788 A 226 38
Trustees Town of Nashville McPherson, John 38
Trustees Town of Nashville Dunbar, Samuel Jul 30 1784 Jul 22 1796 D 15 39
Trustees Town of Nashville Cage, William Aug 16 1784 ng A 25 40
Overton, John Watt, Elihu S. 230 40
Trustees Town of Nashville Mulherrew, James 41
Trustees Town of Nashville Flyn, George Jul 26 1784 ng A 33 42
Trustees Town of Nashville Martin, Samuel Aug 16 1784 ng A 11 43
Trustees Town of Nashville Sanders, Julius Jul 26 1784 ng A 12 44
Trustees Town of Nashville Armstrong, Martin Aug 16 1784 ng A 4 45
Trustees Town of Nashville Clark, Lardner Jul 8 1788 Jul 23 1788 A 232 46
Trustees Town of Nashville Shaw, Olive 46
Trustees Town of Nashville Sanders, James Aug 16 1784 ng A 49 47
Trustees Town of Nashville Thompson, James Jul 30 1784 ng A 26 48
Trustees Town of Nashville Fletcher, Thomas 49
Maxwell, James Wiggans, John P. E 408 49
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, James 50
Trustees Town of Nashville Shaw, James Jul 30 1784 ng A 20 51
Trustees Town of Nashville Purnell, William Jul 8 1788 Jul 22 1788 A 227 52
Trustees Town of Nashville Greer, Joseph Feb 11 1805 Mar 31 1806 G 12 53
Trustees Town of Nashville Moore, William Jul 30 1784 ng A 48 54
Trustees Town of Nashville Mecklin, William Aug 15 1784 ng A 16 55
Trustees Town of Nashville Blount, William Aug 16 1784 ng A 10 56
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, James Aug 6 1790 Jun 1 1807 G 152 57
Robertson, Elijah 58
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, James Jul 30 1784 Jun 1 1807 G 152 59
Dobbins, William 59
Trustees Town of Nashville Todd, James Jul 26 1784 ng A 27 60
Todd, James Boyd, John Oct 3 1785 Oct 5 1785 60 10£
Trustees Town of Nashville Armstrong, John Aug 16 1784 ng A 3 61
Maxwell, James Wiggans, John P. E 408 61
Trustees Town of Nashville Clark, Lardner Jul 26 1784 ng A 9 62
Trustees Town of Nashville Hamilton, Williams Jul 30 1784 ng A 17 63
Trustees Town of Nashville Purnell, William Jul 30 1788 Jul 30 1788 A 246 64
Wicuff and Clark 64
Trustees Town of Nashville McEntire, Alexander Jul 26 1784 ng A 32 65
Bushnell, E. 65
Trustees Town of Nashville Hand, Levi Jul 8 1788 Jul 22 1788 A 226 66
Clark, Lardner 66
Thompson, Hugh Armstrong, William Oct 8 1789 Oct 27 1789 B 9 66
Hughes, J. and Lardner Clark 67
Thompson, Hugh Armstrong, William Oct 8 1789 Oct 27 1789 B 9 67
Trustees Town of Nashville James, Daniel Apr 9 1788 Apr 16 1788 A 180 68
Wood, James 69
Trustees Town of Nashville Sides, Peter Apr 15 1795 May 19 1795 C 405 70
Trustees Town of Nashville Hughes, Jesse Jul 30 1784 Aug 2 1796 D 37 71
Sanders, Julius 72
Trustees Town of Nashville Barton, Samuel Jul 30 1784 ng A 22 73
Trustees Town of Nashville Prince, Francis Jul 10 1788 Jul 24 1788 A 234 74
Trustees Town of Nashville Sanders, Julius Jul 26 1784 ng A 12 75
Trustees Town of Nashville Carter, Landon Aug 16 1784 ng A 24 76
Trustees Town of Nashville Thompson, Robert Jul 30 1784 ng A 24 77
Sheriff Anderson, William P. Apr 27 1802 Aug 11 1802 E 369 77
Parks, John Doherty, James Dec 17 1796 Jan 4 1800 E 140 77 $300
Doherty, James Anderson, William P. Oct 30 1799 May 12 1800 E 142 77
Trustees Town of Nashville McFarland, John Aug 16 1784 ng A 34 78
Crutcher, Thomas Adams, Thomas F. Dec 26 1821 Jan 11 1825 Q 659 79
Murfree, Hardy 79
Chauncey, Jemima 80
Titus 81
Trustees Town of Nashville Neville, George Aug 16 1784 ng A 21 82
Cassellman, Benjamin Green, Thomas E 267 82
Lucas, Andrew Cassellman, Benjamin B 239 82
Trustees Town of Nashville Snyder, Charles Aug 6 1790 Dec 23 1808 G 391 83
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Trustees Town of Nashville Walker, George Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 31 85
Trustees Town of Nashville Hague, Hohn Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 33 86
Trustees Town of Nashville Love, Josiah Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 35 87
Trustees Town of Nashville Taitt, Robert Sep 20 1790 Aug 30 1804 F 196 88
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Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, John May 17 1790 Jul 28 1791 B 208 89
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Trustees Town of Nashville Love, Josiah Aug 6 1790 May 4 1792 C 36 92
Trustees Town of Nashville Tatum, Howell Aug 6 1790 May 4 1792 C 36 92
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Trustees Town of Nashville Irvins, Joseph Aug 6 1790 Jun 28 1819 N 219 94
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Trustees Town of Nashville Walker, George Aug 6 1790 May 4 1792 C 37 96
Trustees Town of Nashville Maxel, David Sep 20 1790 Nov 12 1790 B 144 97
Trustees Town of Nashville Allison, David Aug 6 1790 May 4 1792 C 37 99
Trustees Town of Nashville Mulherin, James Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 34 100
Trustees Town of Nashville McGuire, Richard Aug 6 1790 Jan 21 1791 B 156 101
Trustees Town of Nashville Sevier, Valentine Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 33 102
Trustees Town of Nashville Titus, James Aug 26 1790 Aug 30 1804 F 197 103
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Trustees Town of Nashville Overton, Thomas Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 31 104
Trustees Town of Nashville Rains, John Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 30 105
Trustees Town of Nashville Allison, David Aug 6 1790 May 1 1792 C 30 106
Trustees Town of Nashville Walker, George Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 31 107
Trustees Town of Nashville Searcy, Bennett Aug 6 1790 May 4 1792 C 38 107
Trustees Town of Nashville Love, Josiah Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 36 108
Trustees Town of Nashville Hart, Anthony Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 32 109
Trustees Town of Nashville Barton, Stephen Aug 6 1790 May 1 1792 C 28 110
Trustees Town of Nashville Shaw, Jr. James Aug 6 1790 Mar 18 1806 F 314 111
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Trustees Town of Nashville Allison, David Aug 6 1790 May 1 1792 C 30 112
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Trustees Town of Nashville Hay, Edward Ware Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 33 114
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Trustees Town of Nashville Montflorence, James Cole Aug 6 1790 Jan 24 1791 B 156 118
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Trustees Town of Nashville Rice, Joel Aug 6 1790 Feb 14 1803 E 419 121
Trustees Town of Nashville Montflorence, James Cole Aug 6 1790 Jan 24 1791 B 156 122
Trustees Town of Nashville Love, Josiah Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 36 123
Trustees Town of Nashville Montflorence, James Cole Aug 6 1790 Jan 25 1791 B 157 124
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Trustees Town of Nashville Hannah, Thomas Aug 6 1790 Jan 25 1791 B 157 127
Trustees Town of Nashville Searcy, Bennett Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 32 128
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Trustees Town of Nashville Chapman, Elizabeth Aug 6 1790 Jan 24 1791 B 155 131
Trustees Town of Nashville James, Daniel Aug 6 1790 May 2 1792 C 32 132
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Trustees Town of Nashville Hickman, Edwin Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 34 134
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Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, Elijah Aug 6 1790 May 1 1792 C 29 136
Trustees Town of Nashville Snyder, Charles Aug 6 1790 Dec 23 1808 G 391 137
Trustees Town of Nashville Robertson, Elijah Aug 6 1790 May 1 1792 C 29 138
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Trustees Town of Nashville Love, Josiah Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 35 140
Trustees Town of Nashville Hart, Anthony Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 34 141
Trustees Town of Nashville Allison, David Aug 6 1790 May 4 1792 C 37 142
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Trustees Town of Nashville Hickman, Edwin Aug 6 1790 May 1 1792 C 29 144
Trustees Town of Nashville Love, Josiah Aug 6 1790 May 3 1792 C 35 145
Trustees Town of Nashville Snyder, Charles Aug 6 1790 Dec 14 1808 G 389 146
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Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, Jr. John Aug 6 1790 Nov 12 1790 B 144 148
Trustees Town of Nashville Doughtry, Polly Jul 8 1790 Mar 9 1812 I 225 148
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Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, Sr. John Aug 6 1790 Nov 12 1790 B 144 150
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Trustees Town of Nashville Barton, Joseph Aug 6 1790 Apr 28 1792 C 25 154
Trustees Town of Nashville David, Hyder Ally Aug 6 1790 Jan 25 1791 B 157 155
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Trustees Town of Nashville Foreman, John Aug 6 1790 Nov 16 1793 C 203 157
Trustees Town of Nashville Chapman, Elizabeth Aug 6 1790 Jan 24 1791 B 155 158
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Trustees Town of Nashville McGuire, Richard Aug 6 1790 Jan 24 1791 B 155 165
Trustees Town of Nashville Hay, Ann Aug 20 1802 Dec 6 1802 E 406 167
Trustees Town of Nashville Patton, John Apr 17 1804 May 21 1804 F 152 169 $100
Trustees Town of Nashville Patton, John Apr 16 1804 Sep 1 1804 F 198 169 $100
Trustees Town of Nashville Tolbott, Thomas and John Patton Apr 16 1804 May 22 1804 F 154 170 $190
Trustees Town of Nashville Tolbott, Thomas and John Patton Apr 16 1804 Sep 3 1804 F 199 170 $190
Trustees Town of Nashville Patton, etal, John Apr 16 1804 Sep 3 1804 F 199 170
Trustees Town of Nashville Tolbott, Thomas Apr 16 1804 May 23 1804 F 153 171
Trustees Town of Nashville Tolbott, Thomas Apr 16 1804 Sep 1 1804 F 198 171 $255
Trustees Town of Nashville Boyd, John and Robert Searcy Apr 12 1803 May 26 1803 F 28 172
Trustees Town of Nashville Overton, John Jul 13 1797 Aug 11 1797 D 221 178
Trustees Town of Nashville Overton, John Jul 30 1796 Nov 1 1796 D 62 179
Trustees Town of Nashville Gearmin, William Apr 30 1803 Dec 7 1803 F 102 180 $56
Elliston, Joseph T. Akins, Moses Dec 31 1802 Nov 16 1803 F 77

Monday, November 28, 2016

Historic Buildings on 3rd Avenue North

We have lost many buildings in Nashville.  While the loss is sad and in some cases tragic, there is nothing that can be done to reverse it, we can't bring them back.  I want to focus on the buildings still standing.  The more people who know the history of these buildings, the more likely that some of can be saved.  In this post I am researching the buildings on the east side, in the 200 block, of 3rd Avenue North, near the public square. I don't plan to spend a lot of time on each building.  Sometimes it is easy to find information and at other times, hours of research turns up very little.  I will share what I dig up and if I find more information later, I will update the post.  Several buildings are gone.  At what would have been 200,through 206 3rd Avenue North, are now surface parking lots. The building at 208, is the first we come to in the block. I discovered that most of the buildings in this block were occupied by furniture stores, in the late 19th century through the mid 20th century. In the latter half of the 20th century, many law offices were located in buildings along this block.


TSLA Image, Third Avenue North, ca 1908.  The Stahlman building, in the background, was completed in 1908.



200 Block of 3rd Avenue North, East Side, google image


208 3rd Avenue North

An image of the building at 208 3rd Avenue North appears in Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 2 in December, 1894.  The building at the address now, is literally one half of the original building.  Start at the top and observe the small arched windows across the front to the fifth floor.  On the fourth and third floors there are larger arched windows and on the fourth floor the windows are hooded.  On the second floor the windows are rectangular. The symmetrical entry is little change today from the original.  Amazingly, the facade of this 120+ year old building is unchanged, with the exception that half of the building is missing!

 

 

The address was 208 North College Street back then.  Described as "the new five story brick building," it was to soon become home to Southwestern Publishing House.  From 1942 until about 1978, the building housed a branch of Morris Furniture Company.  The building space was advertised for lease in 1984 as historic, renovated building. 

 

The Nashville American, November 16, 1905



The Tennessean, April 19, 1953



208 North College (3rd Ave. No.) 1894, Confederate Veteran Magazine.


208 3rd Avenue North, google image





208 3rd Avenue North, google image

210 and 212 3rd Avenue North

From the outside, 210 and 212 appear to be one three story building with two different store fronts and addresses.  Deed records describe a 13 inch brick wall separating the two. The two were sold as separate buildings but at times one business occupied both. The structures are shown on an 1894 plat of the Foster property.  A circa 1908 photo shows two, three story buildings, both with a mansard roof. No mansard roof adorns the buildings today.  Deed records show there was a brick storehouse at both 210 and 212, separated by a 13 inch brick wall, as early as 1894.  A deed in 2014, has the same description for the buildings, as the 1894 deed. Newspaper records show that the buildings seemed to be continually occupied for the most part, from the 1890's through current times. An estimate based on deed research, and newspaper and city directory searches points to a circa 1890 construction date. Without an up close examination the buildings by an architectural historian, it is difficult to determine if the buildings of today are the same as those from 1894.  The image below shows the 200 block beginning with the building at 208 in the foreground.  The tall building in the distance is the Stahlman building, completed in 1908




210

210 3rd Avenue North, Google Image

In 1888, L. R. Freeman was  located at 210 North College and was at the address until 1894.  There was a fire in the building in February 1894.  The damage to the building was minimal but R. L. Freeman's inventory of wallpaper, pictures, frames and other items were heavily damaged by water used to douse the fire.  Soon after L. R. Freeman's shop moved to Union Street.


The Nashville American, March 22, 1894


In the spring of 1896 P. J. Tinsley's Millinery Store opened at 210 North College. By 1900, Shelton and Lawrence Furniture Co. was in the building, soon replaced by E. M. Bond Furniture Co. followed every couple of years by a different furniture company. 

 
The Nashville American, June, 18, 1905


In 1940, Robert Payne and Paul Riddle, opened their furniture store at 210 3rd Avenue No.  After a few years, Riddle sold his interest to Robert Payne's wife, Tyler Payne.  The Payne's ran the business until Mr. Payne died in 1968. In the beginning, the store occupied the first floor bu after a few years expanded to the second and third floors. In 1956, the Payne's were able to lease all three floors of the adjoining building at 212.  Mrs. Payne took her daughter and son in law as partners at that time and they continued the business until the mid 1970's when Payne Furniture opened a new store in Green Hills.  Payne Furniture was the last of the many furniture stores that had been in the block between Bank Alley and Church Street, along 3rd Avenue North, for about 100 years.


212

In the late 19th century 212 was occupied by Rundle & Son, an auction house and furniture company. Rundle was replaced by A. Frank & Co. in about 1909.  The company sold wallpaper and other household decorator items.  They remained in business until 1928, when Mr. Frank died.  Mrs. Frank, continued the business for a couple of years after but closed in 1931.


The Tennessean September 22, 1929


For much of the 30's, 40's and 50's, McKay-Cameron, a kitchen supply company for restaurants, was located at 212 3rd Avenue North.


The Tennessean April 20, 1948


212 3rd Avenue North, Google Image

  

214 3rd Avenue North

The building at 214 does not appear to be as old as the adjacent buildings.  The current building is four stories in height. A three story building was on the site in 1908, as evidenced in the TSLA photo of Third Avenue North posted above.   Current records are no help, as they give a 1900 date for construction.  The estimated dates listed on the assessor's record card are notoriously off the mark. Sometimes by decades.  I have not been able to determine when the building was constructed. 

214 3rd Avenue North, like its neighbors was home to several furniture stores over the years.  Walter and Wilson Bracey started business at 214 Third Avenue North, in 1920, under the name, Nashville Furniture.  Nashville Furniture also used the store at 216 for many years. Walter Bracey announced the move of his furniture store from Third Avenue North in May of 1969.  In 1969 the building was purchased by a local law firm, renovated for use as office and residential space.

The Tennessean, May 18, 1969

 The entire facade of the building was replaced in 2008, so even though it looks old, the facade is actually new.  At that time the building was renovated extensively, to be used as residential condominiums.  Five units were constructed in the building. On the first floor there is a one bedroom unit with 1100 square feet, and a two bedroom unit with 2300 square feet.  That is repeated on the second floor, with a one bedroom unit with 1100 square feet and a two bedroom unit with 2300 square feet.   The third and fourth floors house a fifth unit, which has four bedrooms and 4400 square feet.

 
View of den in the four bedroom unit, 214 Third Avenue North, Unit 301.

 

216 3rd Avenue North

  The building at 216 3rd Avenue North, appears be the same one in the ca 1908 street view photo.  There is a newspaper ad in May of 1889, that announces that J. W. Barnes must sale their stock and move from 216 North College as the old building is going to be replaced with a new building.  This would date the existing building to ca 1890.  


Nashville American, May 30, 1889

The property was owned by a Mr. Metz at this time.  Some of the businesses that occupied this site, after 1890, were Geo E. Cooper, who sold stoves, and Jones and Hopkins, manufacturer of stoves.  


The Nashville American, December 23, 1906


In the teens, Nashville Furniture Company moved in and stayed through the 1940's.  


The Nashville Globe, June 1, 1917


Beginning in 1950 an John W. Murphree moved into the building, opening a real estate office, mortgage company and an insurance office.   In April of 1960, attorney Cecil Branstetter bought the building.  The former furniture store row, quickly turned into lawyer row.  The buildings along the block were conveniently close to the Davidson County Courthouse. Branstetter sold the building, in 1976, to attorneys Robert L. Jackson and John R. Reynolds.  The men renovated the building for the firm of Jackson, Tanner & Reynolds.  After a recent renovation, the building is being used for office space.


216 3rd Avenue North

 

218-220 3rd Avenue North

This building, part of lot 26 of the original plan of Nashville, has used street numbers of 218 and 220 and at times served as two store fronts using both numbers.  Today it is designated as 218 3rd Avenue North.  In 1897 Nashville Outfitting Company occupied the building as 218-220.  Nashville Outfitting was a furniture store, that had been located at 209 3rd Avenue North. In 1897 the company moved to this location where it was reorganized and chartered. The incorporaters were A. G. Rhodes, Paul Sharpe, A. C. Scuddy, J. A. Ritter and T. J. Watkins. There is a photo of the 1890's building on the Tennessee State Library and Archives website and it is five stories tall.  the current building i four stories.  An ad for H. Cohen and Company, in 1911 mentions a new store.  This may be when the current building was first occupied.  Over the next 50 years, there was a furniture store operating here.  The owners and store name changed.  H. Cohen and Company, Sharpe & Howse Furniture, Reed Sharpe Furniture Company and Exchange Furniture were some of the stores following Nashville Outfitting, from 1897 through 1961. After 1961, there were a number of different tenants, and the building was used as office space.  The building also played a role in the Jimmy Hoffa story.  When Hoffa was on trial in Nashville in 1962, his attorney Z. T. "Tommy" Osborn, had offices in this building.  It was alleged by Osborn that federal agents, illegally tapped his office phones and stole documents from his office. 

Nashville City Directory, 1897


218 3rd Avenue North, Photo - Google maps



H. Cohen & Co., The_Tennessean, January 15, 1911
 


218 3rd Avenue North, Photo - Metro Assessor
 

 

222 3rd Avenue North 

The building was built by Gray & Dudley Hardware Company. Construction started in 1899 and it was opened for business in October of 1900.  Gray & Dudley purchased the land, in 1899, in four parcels.  All were a part of the original town lot, number 25.  



226 3rd Avenue North


The property, part of lot 25 in the original plan of Nashville, was sold in July of 1921, to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.  The Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank opened in December of 1922 at 226 3rd Avenue North, and occupied the building until 1958.  The architect was Ten Eyck Brown of Atlanta, working with the Nashville firm of Marr and Holman. General contractor was Foster & Creighton Company.  The Neoclassical building is of brick construction, with a front of white limestone, and a massive pedimented portico supported by Ionic columns. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

National Register of Historic Places, Nomination Form

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