tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post7582262095356863158..comments2024-03-26T09:49:56.856-05:00Comments on Nashville History: Tennessee Theater and the Sudekum BuildingNashville Historyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00469809363224265156noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-21315607633129246232023-05-10T14:32:01.643-05:002023-05-10T14:32:01.643-05:00What building are you referring to Bobby? I'd ...What building are you referring to Bobby? I'd love to come photograph it!BelcourtHistoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783476083079752076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-87352163772936330192020-04-09T17:20:19.926-05:002020-04-09T17:20:19.926-05:00You are correct, thanks for pointing this mistake ...You are correct, thanks for pointing this mistake out. Tony Sudekum died before the Tennessee Theater was opened. Crescent Amusement Company the theater in 1952 I have made a change and will update when I find more. -- Debie Oeser CoxNashville Historyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469809363224265156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-73495181203218666912020-04-09T13:25:09.421-05:002020-04-09T13:25:09.421-05:00Tony Sudekum, president of Crescent Amusement Co.,...Tony Sudekum, president of Crescent Amusement Co., died in April 1946, as attested by https://debieoeser.blogspot.com/2014/02/sudekum-family-nashville-tennessee.html, and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85557562/anthony-sudekum. He cannot have opened the new Tennessee Theater in February 1952, although the successor management of Crescent Amusement Company may have. Tony had several daughters but no sons; there was no Tony Sudekum Jr as a direct descendant. Who took over management of Crescent Amusement after Tony's death in 1946?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143794299482386896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-22916835806004885922019-12-19T13:09:27.608-06:002019-12-19T13:09:27.608-06:00Tony is my 3rd cousin and my father inherited on o...Tony is my 3rd cousin and my father inherited on of the two "SUDEKUM BUILDING" name plates which were on the side of the building when it was demolished. My father placed it on his building on Cruzen Street in Nashville. Dad has been gone now for 11 years but the plaque is still proudly displayed on the building dad owned for many years. Part of the Sudekum Building still lives on!Bobby "Su"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15258906445546517716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-13689289858705478072019-05-31T16:19:40.626-05:002019-05-31T16:19:40.626-05:00The Sudekum Building was one of the masterpieces o...The Sudekum Building was one of the masterpieces of the Marr & Holman architectural firm. Marr was deaf, and a great benefactor to the Deaf community. I am sad that I will never have the opportunity of seeing the Sudekum Building, with its aluminum embellishments catching the sunlight.Parparhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100335782623380814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-52049339955692503462018-09-04T23:35:54.947-05:002018-09-04T23:35:54.947-05:00history is not to be demolished.history is not to be demolished.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754494306111461416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-20546778761344732372014-09-19T10:58:49.903-05:002014-09-19T10:58:49.903-05:00Debie, I totally agree! It is Nashville's lo...Debie, I totally agree! It is Nashville's loss that they chose to demolish the Tennessee yet Knoxville still has their Tennessee and for that we applaud them! Patsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404245910754134433.post-73257943970024299992014-02-06T18:30:28.429-06:002014-02-06T18:30:28.429-06:00It still disturbs me that this building was demoli...It still disturbs me that this building was demolished, to be replaced with a concrete box apartment building. These structures are irreplaceable and yet few seem to care or appreciate the treasures that they are. Thanks for sharing this story, Debie.DANNY PROCTORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824372292176566684noreply@blogger.com