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	4£
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	4£
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	4£
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	4£
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	4£
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	4£
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	4£
Trustees Town of Nashville	Lytle, William					27
Trustees Town of Nashville	Bizwell, James	Jul 8 1788	Jul 22 1788	A	227	28	4£
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	8£
Trustees Town of Nashville	Gower, Russell	Jul 26 1784	ng	A	33	30	4£
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	4£
Trustees Town of Nashville	Lucas, Andrew	Jul 30 1784	ng	A	25	34	4£
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	4£
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	4£
Trustees Town of Nashville	Purnell, William	Jul 8 1788	Jul 22 1788	A	227	52	4£
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	4£
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	4£
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	4£
	Bushnell, E.					65
Trustees Town of Nashville	Hand, Levi	Jul 8 1788	Jul 22 1788	A	226	66	4£
	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	4£
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	4£
Trustees Town of Nashville	Thompson, Robert	Jul 30 1784	ng	A	24	77	4£
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	4£
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
						84
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	4£
						88
Trustees Town of Nashville	Boyd, John	May 17 1790	Jul 28 1791	B	208	89
						90
						91
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
						93
Trustees Town of Nashville	Irvins, Joseph	Aug 6 1790	Jun 28 1819	N	219	94
						95
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	4£
						103
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
						111
Trustees Town of Nashville	Allison, David	Aug 6 1790	May 1 1792	C	30	112
						113
Trustees Town of Nashville	Hay, Edward Ware	Aug 6 1790	May 3 1792	C	33	114
						115
						116
						117
Trustees Town of Nashville	Montflorence, James Cole	Aug 6 1790	Jan 24 1791	B	156	118
						119
						120
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
						125
						126
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
						129
						130
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
						133
Trustees Town of Nashville	Hickman, Edwin	Aug 6 1790	May 3 1792	C	34	134
						135
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
						139
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
						143
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
						147
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
						149
Trustees Town of Nashville	Boyd, Sr. John	Aug 6 1790	Nov 12 1790	B	144	150
						151
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						153
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
						156
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
						159
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						161
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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

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.  

Read more - Gray & Dudley Hardware Company.

 

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 3^rd 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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