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National Trust for Historic Preservation Did you hear the news? The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced yesterday, January 12th at RCA Studio A that Historic Nashville is its newest Local Partner! The National Trust Partners Network comprises more than 100 state, regional, and local...

Historic Nashville is Now a Local Partner! NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mayor Karl Dean’s administration has filed legislation to buy 6.72 acres of land at Hillsboro Road and Old Hickory Boulevard that once held a Native American settlement dating to the 1400s. The site on the...

#GivingTuesday GREAT NEWS! Today, the Historic Nashville board of directors voted unanimously to create a Preservation Revolving Fund with an initial donation of $5,000! Nashville will now join cities such as Savannah, New Orleans, Charleston, Boston, Pittsburgh, Knoxville, and Chattanooga in offering this powerful preservation...

Local authors tell the story of the Tennessee State Penitentiary through vintage images Numerous local authors have all worked together with some publishing companies on a new project which is hoping to bring new light on the Tennessee State Penitentiary. All the authors are avid...

Piggy backing on the thus-far-futile grassroots movement to save 30 Music Square West — the building housing famed RCA Studio A, which Brentwood Developer Tim Reynolds announced last week will be razed and replaced with condos, restaurants and the like — this morning, nonprofit local...

HISTORIC NASHVILLE JOINED BY MIKE WOLFE OF AMERICAN PICKERS TO ANNOUNCE THE NINE MOST THREATENED HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN DAVIDSON COUNTY Location: RCA Studio A – Music Row Map: Go to Google Maps TO READ THE PRESS RELEASE, CLICK HERE. TO DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION, CLICK HERE. TO VIEW THE 2014...

NASHVILLE NINE: THE CITY’S MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC SITES A new list of Nashville’s most endangered historic buildings was announced Tuesday morning at RCA Studio A on Music Row, a site packed with music history but marked to be demolished. Historic Nashville Inc., a nonprofit preservation...

TENNESSEE STATE PRISON For nearly one hundred years, the Tennessee State Prison contained some of the most dangerous men in the state of Tennessee. With twenty foot tall limestone walls, topped with five feet of barbed wire, and powered with 2,300 volts of deadly electricity....

WHAT IS HISTORIC ANYWAY? WHEN IS OLD JUST OLD AND WHEN IS IT “HISTORIC?” What is a historic building anyway? When is an old building just old and worn out and when is it “historic” and worthy of preservation? Think of it like this. An...