MARR AND HOLMAN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM RECORDS ......COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: Holman, Joseph W., 1891-1952 Marr and Holman (Firm) Marr, Thomas Scott, 1866-1936 Inclusive Dates: 1910-1965,

State of Tennessee

Department of State

Tennessee State Library and Archives

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Marr and Holman Architectural Firm Records,

1910-1965

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Creator:

Holman, Joseph W., 1891-1952

Marr and Holman (Firm)

Marr, Thomas Scott, 1866-1936

Inclusive Dates:

1910-1965, bulk 1911-1936

Scope & Content:

Consists of approximately 36.6 cubic feet of documents, photographs, and

blueprints related to the various building projects carried out by the Nashville

architectural firm of Marr and Holman. The collection contains five series, with

Series II representing the bulk of the material (see the "Organization/Arrangement

of Materials" section for more information about the individual series).

Among the documents are bills, reports, contracts, accounts, bids, estimate,

project specifications, estimates, booklets, sketches, blueprints, newspaper

clippings, building material samples, and incoming and outgoing correspondence.

While the majority of the outgoing correspondence originated with Joseph W.

Holman between 1911 and 1929, the greatest concentration of correspondence is

between the firm and the contractors and companies responsible for construction.

This correspondence dates from 1920 through 1924, but 1922 was the peak year.

Documents related to specific building projects exist in more than one series. For

example, material related to the construction of a science building at Middle

Tennessee State Teachers College [Middle Tennessee State University] is

available in Series IV and Series V. Other notable building projects represented in

the collection are various buildings for Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial

College [Tennessee State University], the Harry Nichol Building in Nashville, the

Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve, various buildings for the Tennessee

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Home and Training School for Feeble Minded Persons [Clover Bottom],

buildings for the Tennessee School for the Deaf, various movie theaters for the

Crescent Amusement Company (which Marr and Holman owned stock in),

grocery stores and a warehouse for H. G. Hill Company, apartment buildings on

West End in Nashville (which Marr and Holman were mortgagers of), buildings

for the Union Ice Cream Company, and the United States Post Office in

Nashville.

In December 2019, archives staff discovered additional blueprints lying on top of

several map cabinets and buried under a stack of various other oversized

materials. The vast majority of these blueprints were of the U.S. Post Office in

Nashville, but there were also blueprints for other projects (an addition to the

Tennessee State Penitentiary, a women’s building at the prison, Cheatham County

Jail, East Nashville High School, etc.). Blueprints joined existing folders in the

map drawers where appropriate. However, many of the blueprints of the post

office were oversized, varying in width from approximately 2.5 to 3.5 feet and

varying in length from approximately 4 to 11 feet.

Physical Description/Extent:

36.6 cubic feet (including 509 photographs, 2 negatives, and over 737 blueprints)

Accession/Record Group Number:

THS 452

Language:

English

Permanent Location:

THS IV–C–4-6; THS V–C–1-4; M–13–12-15; M–14–1-3

Repository:

Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee,

37243-0312

Administrative/Biographical History

"God closed my ears to the petty noises of the world

that I might better envision beautiful buildings."

Thomas S. Marr

Thomas Scott Marr Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 20, 1866, to

Thomas Scott Marr Sr. (1830-1897), a prominent Nashville banker and broker,

and Delia Tarbox Marr (1835-1907). At age three, a bout of scarlet fever caused

him to go deaf. He attended public schools before going to the Tennessee School

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for the Deaf in Knoxville in 1877. After graduating in 1884, he matriculated at

Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University), the world's only college for the

deaf, in Washington, D.C. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in

1889.

Marr had become interested in the construction of buildings in Nashville at an

early age, so after his graduation he returned to Nashville and began work as a

draftsman in the office of Nashville architect George W. Thompson. Because

Marr only earned $2.50 per week as a draftsman, he realized that he needed more

architectural training. He therefore attended Boston's Massachusetts Institute of

Technology in 1891 to pursue special course work in architecture. He returned to

Nashville the next year and began work at the architectural firm of Thompson and

Gibel as a practicing architect, for which he was paid $12 per week.

In 1897, with capital of $500, he opened his own architectural business in the old

Chamber of Commerce building (also known as the Exchange Building) on 4th

Avenue North. He focused on designing residential buildings. At first, business

was limited, but it grew as Marr's reputation spread. Articles frequently appeared

in Nashville newspapers about the homes he was building in and around the city.

He also occasionally wrote articles about architecture and design for the Nashville

American newspaper.

During the summer of 1904, Marr hired Joseph W. Holman, then thirteen years

old, as an office boy for $3.50 per week ;his responsibilities included running

errands and cleaning the office. He later became Marr's most valuable assistant

and in 1910 they formed a partnership, known as Marr and Holman, Architects.

Holman was responsible for securing new business and dealing with clients, while

Marr supervised the drafting of the architectural designs.

With the addition of Holman and because of the increasing success of the

business, the main focus of the firm shifted from residential to industrial and

commercial design (although they continued to do residential design). Their

architectural designs included the use of reinforced concrete, structural steel, and

prefabricated materials. At the height of their business, from the 1920s through

the mid-1930s, Marr and Holman designed numerous buildings, including public

schools, hotels, courthouses, hospitals, apartment complexes, college buildings,

baseball stadiums, theatres, warehouses, garages, and business offices. Two of

their major accomplishments were the United States Post Office (completed in

1934) and the Tennessee Supreme Court Building (completed in 1937) in

Nashville. Marr also personally designed several buildings for his alma mater, the

Tennessee School for the Deaf.

As business grew during the 1920s, the firm hired additional draftsmen,

engineers, and stenographers. One of the engineers, James L. Howard, joined the

firm in 1928 as a structural engineer. His first assignment was as residential

engineer on the construction of the Russell Erskine Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Marr hired another engineer, Richard S. Reynolds, in 1923. Reynolds was a civil

engineer and a graduate of Vanderbilt University. Much of the firm's success

depended on his ability to master all phases of engineering as it related to the

firm.

Marr died suddenly from a stroke on March 2, 1936. After Marr's death, Holman

continued to control the firm until his death in 1952. The firm was then

reorganized and Reynolds ran it until his retirement in 1970.

Organization/Arrangement of Materials

The collection is divided into five series. Series I contains office files and general

correspondence from 1911 through 1923. Series II holds documents related to

many of the firm's various building projects from 1920 to 1927. Series III

contains contracts and specifications for various building projects from 1920 to

1927. Series IV houses over 500 photographs of various building projects from

1921 through 1929. While there are blueprints scattered throughout Series I-III,

most of the blueprints in the collection may be found in Series V, which contains

over 700 blueprints of various building projects from approximately 1910 to

1965.

Series I-IV were processed in 1985 and were not reprocessed with the addition of

Series V in 2016. However, some of the container list descriptions in Series I-IV

were changed in order for the entries to be more accurate and consistent. But

while some container list entries may have changed, the folders themselves were

not reordered. Thus, the container list entries for Series I-IV do not appear in

entirely alphabetical order any more. For example, one item was alphabetized

under "P" for "Publishing House, Methodist" in Series III but was alphabetized

"M" for "Methodist Publishing House" in Series IV. Both entries are now listed as

"Methodist Publishing House." Similarly, Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial

College (now Tennessee State University) was listed three different ways: "A &

I," "Agricultural, Industrial & Normal School for Colored," and "A & I Normal

School." All of the entries were changed to "Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial

College." Other references to "colored" among the names of the various building

projects were left as is because that is what was used in the original documents.

Likewise, "theatre" is used instead of "theater" because that was how it was

spelled in all of the documents.

Conditions of Access and Use

Restrictions on Access:

No restrictions.

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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction:

While the Tennessee State Library and Archives houses an item, it does not

necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the

item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for

determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other

permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended

use.

Index Terms

Personal/Family Names:

Byrns, Joseph Wellington, 1869-1936

Denhardt, Henry H., 1876-1937

Holman, Joseph W., 1891-1952

Lea, Luke, 1879-1945

Marr, Thomas Scott, 1866-1936

Sudekum, Anthony, 1879-1946

Corporate Names/Organizations/Government Bodies:

American Institute of Architects

Asmus and Clark (Firm)

Central State Hospital for the Insane (Nashville, Tenn.)

Crescent Amusement Company

F. W. Woolworth Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Nashville Branch

Ford Motor Company

General Motors Corporation. Chevrolet Motor Division

H. G. Hill Co.

Lipscomb University

Marr and Holman (Firm)

Meharry Medical College

Methodist Publishing House

Middle Tennessee State University

Montgomery Ward

Nashville Banner Publishing Company

Nashville Roller Mills (Firm)

Nashville Society of Architects

Nashville Tennessean Publishing Company

Otis Elevator Company

Piggly Wiggly (Firm)

Tennessee School for the Deaf

Tennessee State University

Tennessee. Supreme Court

Union Ice Cream Company

United States Postal Service

United States. Public Works Administration

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University of Tennessee at Martin

University of the South

Warner Bros. Theatres, Inc.

Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tenn.)

William Gerst Brewing Company

Subjects:

Architectural contracts -- United States

Architectural design -- United States

Architectural documents

Architectural drawing -- Tennessee -- 20th century

Architectural drawing -- United States -- 20th century

Architectural firms -- Tennessee -- Records and correspondence

Architectural firms -- United States -- Records and correspondence

Architectural photography -- United States

Architecture, Domestic -- Alabama -- 20th century

Architecture, Domestic -- Kentucky -- 20th century

Architecture, Domestic -- Louisiana -- 20th century

Architecture, Domestic -- Tennessee -- 20th century

Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- 20th century

Architecture, Industrial -- Tennessee

Architecture, Industrial -- United States

Architecture -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century -- Designs and plans

Architecture -- Kentucky -- History -- 20th century -- Designs and plans

Architecture -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century -- Designs and plans

Architecture -- Tennessee -- History -- 20th century -- Designs and plans

Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Designs and

plans

Baseball fields -- Ohio -- Toledo

Baseball fields -- Tennessee -- Nashville

Blueprints

Decoration and ornament, Architectural

High Schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville

Hotels -- Alabama

Hotels -- Kentucky

Hotels -- Louisiana

Hotels -- Tennessee

Hotels -- Unites States

Motion picture theaters -- Kentucky

Motion picture theaters -- Tennessee

Motion picture theaters -- United States

Office buildings -- Design and construction

Office buildings -- Designs and plans

Office buildings -- Tennessee

Office buildings -- United States -- Design and construction

Office buildings -- United States -- Designs and plans

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Public works--Tennessee

Schools -- Tennessee -- Bell Buckle

Schools -- Tennessee -- Knoxville

Schools -- Tennessee -- Nashville

Schools -- United States

Universities and colleges -- Tennessee -- Martin

Universities and colleges -- Tennessee -- Murfreesboro

Universities and colleges -- Tennessee -- Nashville

Universities and colleges -- Tennessee -- Sewanee

Universities and colleges -- United States

Geographic Names:

Bowling Green (Ky.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Central City (Ky.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Clarksville (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Columbia (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Franklin (Ky.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Greenville (Ky.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Hopkinsville (Ky.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Huntsville (Ala.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Johnson City (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Martin (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

McMinnville (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Memphis (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Monterey (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Morristown (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Murfreesboro (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Nashville (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Paducah (Ky.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Sewanee (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Shreveport (La.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Springfield (Tenn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Toledo (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Document Types:

Architectural documents

Architectural drawings (visual works)

Base bid specifications

Bid forms

Bidding documents

Blueprints (reprographic copies)

Building plans

Contracts

Correspondence

Photographs

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Acquisition and Appraisal

Provenance and Acquisition:

The records were discovered in the home of Joseph W. Holman after

purchase by a new owner, and they were donated to Historic Nashville,

Inc., in 1982 through the agency of its director, Cherri Hall. Historic

Nashville, Inc., then donated the records to the Tennessee State Library

and Archives later that same year.

Processing and Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Marr and Holman Architectural Firm Records, Tennessee State Library

and Archives

Processing Information:

Series I-IV processed by Michael J. Olson, Gallaudet College Archives,

for the Tennessee State Library and Archives, April 1985. Series V

processed by William M. Thomas, Tennessee State Library and Archives,

January 2016.

Related Archival Materials:

26 photographs of the construction of the United States Post Office in

Nashville may be found in Marr and Holman Architectural Firm Records,

Addition [Acc. No. THS 633].

Blueprints of the Tennessee Supreme Court building by Marr and Holman

may be found in RG 24, Tennessee Supreme Court Building Construction

Records [Drawer M–6–15].

Blueprints of the Middle Tennessee Tuberculosis Hospital by Marr and

Holman may be found in the unprocessed records of the State Architect

received in 1978 from the Department of Finance and Administration

[Drawer M–16–6].

Gallaudet University Library Deaf Collections and Archives has materials

related to Thomas S. Marr as well as materials related to the Marr and

Holman Architectural Firm.

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DETAILED COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SERIES I. – OFFICE FILES (GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE)

Series Scope and Content: Series I is composed of Boxes 1-12 of the collection and the

material dates from 1911-1923. The office files included are those of Joseph W. Holman,

and consist of general correspondence, carbon copies, reports, accounts, and estimates.

Series Arrangement: The files are arranged in alphabetical order.

CONTAINER LIST Description Date Box No. Folder No.

Correspondence -- A 1913-1915 1 1

Correspondence -- Anderson, A. J. and Company

(Warner Building) 1912-1914 1 2


American Institute of Architects 1917-1919 1 4

American Institute of Architects 1919-1920 1 5

Auto Bills 1917-1918 1 6


American Institute of Architects, Tennessee

Chapter -- Correspondence, reports, etc. 1919-1921 1 8


Chapter -- Minutes, reports, etc. 1919-1921 1 9


Chapter -- Receipted bills 1920-1921 1 10


Chapter -- Minutes, reports, etc. 1921-1923 1 11

Correspondence -- Applications 1919-1923 2 1

Associated General Contractors of America 1919-1921 2 2

Correspondence -- B 1913-1916 2 3

Board of Education -- Elliott School 1915-1916 2 4

Byrns, Joseph W. 1913-1915 2 5


C. V. Brown and Brothers 1917-1918 2 7

W. G. Bush and Company 1917-1918 2 8

Byrns, Joseph W. 1917-1918 2 9

Bransford Realty Company -- Fisk Rubber

Company and Bonds' Storage Company 1917-1918 2 10

Bransford Realty Company -- Fisk Rubber

Company and Bonds' Storage Company 1918-1919 2 11

Bransford Realty Company -- Garage building 1915-1916 2 12

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Bransford Realty Company -- Hermitage Auto

Company 1916-1918 2 13



Correspondence -- C 1912-1916 3 3



Clarksville Theatre (Crescent Amusement

Company) 1916-1917 3 6


Correspondence -- D 1912-1916 4 1


V. H. Dowlen and Company -- Warehouse,

Springfield, Tenn. 1917-1918 4 3


Correspondence -- E 1913-1915 4 5

Edgefield and Nashville Manufacturing Company

-- Warner Building 1912-1914 4 6



Correspondence -- F 1913-1915 5 1

Fifth Avenue Company 1914-1916 5 2

Ford Building -- Union Motor Car Company[?] 1915-1916 5 3

Ford Motor Company 1915-1916 5 4

Ford Motor Company -- Miscellaneous 1915 5 5

Ford Motor Company - Miscellaneous 1915-1920 5 6


Fisk Rubber Company -- Ferriss Building 1915-1917 5 8

Fisk Rubber Company -- Ferriss Building 1915-1917 5 9

Fisk Rubber Company -- Bransford Building, 8th

Avenue 1915-1919 6 1

Fisk Rubber Company -- Blueprints 1916-1919 6 2


Correspondence -- G 1913-1916 6 4

General Fire Extinguisher Company -- Warner

Building 1911-1913 6 5

General Fire Extinguisher Company --

Miscellaneous 1912-1915 6 6

General Fire Extinguisher Company -- Nashville

Roller Mills 1913-1914 6 7



Correspondence -- H 1912-1916 7 1

Correspondence -- Ha-Ho 1915-1920 7 2

Correspondence -- Ho-Hz 1914-1920 7 3

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J. R. Hale and Sons -- Warehouse 1916 7 4

Harman Laundry Building 1916-1920 7 5

Hippodrome Building 1917-1918 7 6

Hippodrome Building 1917-1918 7 7

Correspondence -- H 1920-1923 7 8

Correspondence -- Ho 1920-1923 7 9

Correspondence -- I 1914-1923 8 1

Correspondence -- J 1913-1915 8 2

L. Jonas and Company 1915-1919 8 3



Correspondence -- K 1913-1916 8 6



Correspondence -- L 1912-1915 8 9



Correspondence -- Mc 1913-1914 8 12


McFerrin, Marvin -- Residence 1916 8 14


Correspondence -- M 1913-1915 9 2

Mitchell, Charles A. -- Contract 1912 9 3



Correspondence -- N 1911-1916 9 6

Nashville Roller Mills 1913-1914 9 7


Nashville Society of Architects 1916-1917 9 9

Napier, J. W. -- Stable 1916 9 10


Nashville Tennessean 1920-1923 9 12

Correspondence -- O 1913-1915 10 1


OK Transfer and Storage 1922 10 3


Otis Elevator 1919-1923 10 5

Palmer Building 1915-1916 10 6

Correspondence -- P 1913-1916 10 7





Quick Tire Service Company 1917-1918 10 12

Correspondence -- R 1911-1915 10 13

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Rotary Club 1914-1919 10 14


Rotary Club 1916-1920 10 16


Correspondence -- S 1913-1916 11 1



S. W. Straus and Company 1920-1923 11 4

Correspondence -- T 1911-1916 11 5

Tennessee Inspection Bureau 1912-1913 11 6


Trussed Concrete Steele Company 1914-1919 11 8


Truscon Steel Company 1920-1923 12 2

Correspondence -- U-V 1913-1916 12 3



Correspondence -- W 1912-1916 12 6


War Department 1917 12 8

Williams, Mrs. M. E. -- Residence, Belle Meade,

Nashville, Tenn. 1919-1921 12 9


Correspondence -- X-Y-Z 1913-1923 12 11

SERIES II. – BUILDING PROJECTS

Series Scope and Content: Series II is composed of Boxes 13-31 of the collection and

the material dates from 1920-1927. These files constitute the largest series in the

collection and consist of correspondence, proposals, estimates, folded blueprints and

sketches, and samples of building materials.

Series Arrangement: The files are arranged in alphabetical order by building name.


Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial College

[Tennessee State University], Nashville,

Tenn. -- Science Building

1921-1923 13 1

Account cards -- A-W 1919-1921 13 2

Amusu Theatre, Chattanooga, Tenn. 1921-1923 13 3

Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. 1924 13 4

Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. 1924-1926 13 5

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Apartment house -- Florida Bungalow Proposition 1920-1921 13 6

Bank of Monterey, Monterey, Tenn. 1922 13 7

Bankers Trust Company (Houston, Tex.) --

Nashville building 1920 13 8

Barnes Automobile Company, Central City, Ky. 1921-1924 13 9

Bassett, Frank, Hopkinsville, Ky. -- Hotel 1923-1927 14 1

Belmont Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. 1925 14 2

Belmont Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. 1925-1926 14 3

Blackwood Filling Station, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1924 14 4

Bond, E. M., Nashville, Tenn. -- Fireproof Storage 1920 14 5

Bond, E. M., Nashville, Tenn. -- Fireproof Storage 1920-1922 14 6

Buford Brothers Hardware Warehouse Nashville,

Tenn. 1920-1921 14 7

Campbell, Mrs. H. H., Nashville, Tenn. -- Store 1922-1923 15 1

Central Grammar School, Nashville, Tenn. 1922 15 2

Chattanooga Hotel Proposals 1922-1923 15 3

Chevrolet Nashville Garage, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1924 15 4

Chevrolet Nashville Garage, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1924 15 5

Circular letters to architects 1922 15 6

Citizens Investment Bank, West Palm Beach, Fla. 1922-1923 15 7

City Fire Hall, Nashville, Tenn. 1920-1921 15 8

Fisher Coles Apartments, Nashville, Tenn. 1924-1925 15 9

Cotton States Life Insurance Company, Nashville,

Tenn. 1924-1926 15 10

Cowan Public School Building, Cowan, Tenn. 1920-1923 15 11

Crabtree Transfer and Storage Warehouse,

Chattanooga, Tenn. 1922 15 12

Crescent Amusement Company -- Theatre,

Bowling Green, Ky. 1920-1922 15 13







Crescent Amusement Company -- Capitol Theatre,

Nashville, Tenn. 1926 16 4





Crescent Amusement Company -- Woodland

Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. 1925-1926 16 7

Dark Tobacco Growers, Hopkinsville, Ky. 1923 17 1

Davidson County Highway 1921 17 2

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Denhardt, Henry H., Bowling Green, Ky. --

Residence 1922-1923 17 3

Dyersburg Bank, Dyersburg, Tenn. 1923 17 4

East Nashville theatre -- Woodland Theatre 1925-1926 17 5

Elks Residence, Bowling Green, Ky. 1922 17 6

Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company, Nashville, Tenn.

-- Store 1920-1921 17 7

Ewing, R. C., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence undated 17 8

Farmers and Merchants Bank, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 17 9

Federal Reserve Bank -- Nashville Branch 1922 17 10


Federal Reserve Bank -- Nashville Branch 1921-1922 17 12


Federal Reserve Bank -- Nashville Branch 1921-1923 18 2

First National Bank, McMinnville, Tenn. 1920-1924 18 3



First Trust and Savings Bank, Clarksville, Tenn. 1920-1922 18 6

Fisher Coles Apartments, Nashville, Tenn. 1924-1925 18 7

Fourth and First National Bank, Nashville, Tenn. 1923 18 8

Nashville Garages (3rd Ave. N. and Commerce St;

5th Ave. N. and Commerce St.) 1920 19 1

Glencourt Apartments, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 19 2

Glenn, Neal, Springfield, Tenn. -- Store 1921 19 3

Goldberg, Joe -- Majestic Theatre, Clarksville,

Tenn. 1921-1922 19 4

Grand Theatre (Crescent Amusement Company),

Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1923 19 5

Gray and Dudley Hardware, Nashville, Tenn. 1922 19 6

Harrison Brothers, Nashville, Tenn. 1922 19 7

H. G. Hill and Company -- Store, 6th Ave. N.,


H. G. Hill and Company -- Store, 8th Ave. N. and

Church St., Nashville, Tenn. 1923 19 9

H. G. Hill and Company -- Store, 16th Ave. and

Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. 1921-1922 19 10

H. G. Hill and Company -- Store, 21st Ave. S. and

Aklen Ave., Nashville, Tenn. 1920 19 11

H. G. Hill and Company -- Store, 2115 Elliston Pl.,


H. G. Hill and Company -- Warehouse, Nashville,

Tenn. 1921-1922 19 13


Tenn. 1921-1922 19 14

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Tenn. 1921-1922 19 15


Tenn. 1920-1923 20 1


Tenn. 1921-1923 20 2

Hippodrome Building swimming pool, Nashville,

Tenn. 1921 20 3

Holman, Joe W., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence

(proposed) 1920-1921 20 4

Hooper Grocery Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1924 20 5

Hooper Grocery Company/Bass, Berry, and Sims

Contract, Nashville, Tenn. 1924 20 6

Houck Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1925 20 7

Jacobs Auto Company, Shelbyville, Tenn. 1920 20 8

John B. Ransom School, Nashville, Tenn. --

Addition 1922-1923 20 9

James S. Frazer Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1924 20 10

Dluxe Theatre (Crescent Amusement Company),

Johnson City, Tenn. 1922-1924 21 1

Jones, Theodore R., Nashville, Tenn. -- Servant's

residence 1922 21 2

Killebrew, George W., Nashville, Tenn. -- Garage 1921 21 3

Killebrew Store Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1921 21 4

L. B. Knight Motor Company, Greenville, Ky. 1921-1923 21 5

Lebanon Theatre, Lebanon, Tenn. 1921 21 6

Lewis, E. C. Estate -- Filling station and office

building, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 21 7


McMinnville Auto Company, McMinnville, Tenn. 1922-1923 21 9

Martin Bank, Martin, Tenn. 1925-1926 21 10

Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 21 11

Mitchell and Williams Garage, Madisonville, Ky. 1922-1923 21 12

Morgan, W. E., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence 1921 21 13

Morristown Theatre, Morristown, Tenn. 1924 21 14

Murfreesboro Bank and Trust Company,

Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1922-1923 21 15

Nashville Railway and Light Company, Nashville,

Tenn. 1923-1924 21 16

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1922 22 1


Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 22 3




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Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Delays 1922-1923 23 5

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. --

Elevator 1922-1923 23 6

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Glazing 1922-1923 23 7

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Granite 1922-1923 23 8


Hardware 1923 23 9

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Marble

and tile 1922-1924 24 1


Mechanical equipment 1922-1923 24 2


Mechanical equipment 1922-1923 24 3

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Metal

work and hollow steel 1922-1923 24 4

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Mill

and carpentry work 1922-1923 24 5


Plastering 1923 24 6

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Roof

and waterproofing 1923-1924 24 7

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Screens

and shades 1923-1924 24 8


Stonework 1922-1923 24 9


Structural steel 1922-1923 24 10

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Survey 1922-1923 24 11

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. -- Vault

and vault lights 1922-1923 24 12

Phillips and Buttorff, Nashville, Tenn. -- Foundry 1922-1924 25 1

Piggly Wiggly Corporation -- Nashville store 1922-1923 25 2

Piggly Wiggly Corporation -- Nashville store 1922-1923 25 3

Pioneer Manufacturing Company Nashville, Tenn.

-- Factory 1925 25 4

Princess Theatre (Crescent Amusement Company),



Columbia, Tenn. 1923-1924 25 6

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Springfield, Tenn. 1920-1921 25 8

Railroad Terminal Post Office, Nashville, Tenn. 1925-1926 26 1


Record of blueprint sets given out for each project 1924-1930 26 3

Robertson Academy, Davidson County, Tenn. 1921 26 4

Caldwell Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1924 26 5

Scarritt School, Nashville, Tenn. 1924 26 6

Security Building Corporation, Memphis, Tenn. 1922-1924 26 7

Security Building Corporation, Memphis, Tenn. 1923-1924 26 8

University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. --

Dormitories 1922 26 9

Schacklett's Cafeteria, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 26 10

Schacklett's Cafeteria, Memphis, Tenn. 1921-1923 26 11

Shreveport, La. -- Hotel 1922 26 12

Southern Insurance Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1926 26 13

Standard Property Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Doctor's office building 1915-1917 26 14

Tennessee State Fair Livestock Coliseum,




Tennessee State Training and Agricultural School,


Stevens, Ike -- Residence 1922 27 4

Stockwell Paint Shop. Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1924 27 5

Stokes, Jordan, Jr. -- Residence undated 27 6

Sudekum Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1923-1924 27 7

Teachout, Stanley R., Nashville, Tenn. -- Doctor's

office building 1921 27 8

Tennessee Home and Training School for Feeble

Minded Persons [Clover Bottom],

Donelson, Tenn.

1921-1922 27 9



Donelson, Tenn.

1921-1922 27 10



Donelson, Tenn.

1921-1923 27 11



Donelson, Tenn.

1922 27 12

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Donelson, Tenn.

1922-1925 27 13



Donelson, Tenn.

1922 28 1



Donelson, Tenn.

1922-1925 28 2

Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville, Tenn. 1923-1925 28 3

Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville, Tenn. 1923 28 4

Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville, Tenn. 1922-1924 28 5

Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville, Tenn. --

Reports 1923-1924 28 6

Thuss, L. C., Nashville, Tenn. -- Garage 1921 29 1

St. Charles, Tony, Nashville, Tenn. -- Cold storage

plant 1921-1922 29 2

Tuberculosis hospital at Central State Hospital for

the Insane, Nashville, Tenn. 1924-1926 29 3

Union Ice Cream Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1920-1921 29 4

Union Ice Cream Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1921 29 5





University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. 1922 29 10

Vocational School for Colored Girls, Nashville,

Tenn. 1922-1925 29 11

War Memorial Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1921 29 12

Percy Warner Building, Nashville, Tenn. undated 29 13

J. L. Webb Lumber Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1924 30 1

Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn. -- Dormitory 1920-1921 30 2

West End apartments, Nashville, Tenn. 1921 30 3

West End apartments, Nashville, Tenn. 1920-1921 30 4



West End apartments, Nashville, Tenn. -- Shades,

wallpapers, and awnings 1921 31 1



F. W. Woolworth Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1924-1926 31 4

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SERIES III. – CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

Series Scope and Content: Series III is composed of Boxes 32-36 of the collection and

the material dates from 1920-1927. These files consist of carbon copies and describe the

buildings listed in Series II.



A undated 32 1



Tenn. -- Dormitories and science building

1921 32 2

Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. --

Plumbing, refrigeration, and heating 1924 32 3

Bank of Monterey, Monterey, Tenn. 1922 32 4

Nashville Banner Publishing Company, Nashville,

Tenn. -- "Model Spanish home" 1923 32 5

Barnes Automobile Company, Central City, Ky. --

Garage 1921-1923 32 6

Bassett, Frank, Hopkinsville, Ky. -- Hotel 1924 32 7

Blackwood Tire and Vulcanizing Company,

Nashville, Tenn. -- Filling station 1920 32 8

E. M. Bond Fireproof Storage Company,

Nashville, Tenn. -- Fire doors and framing 1920 32 9

Buford Brothers, Nashville, Tenn. -- Warehouse

and office addition undated 32 10

C 1920-1924 33 1

Caddo Transfer and Warehouse Company,

Shreveport, La. -- Warehouse undated 33 2

Caldwell and Company, Nashville, Tenn. -- Office

building 1922 33 3

Caldwell and Company, Nashville, Tenn. -- Office

building 1922 33 4

Campbell, Mrs. H. H., Nashville, Tenn. -- Store 1922 33 5

Chalmers Company of Tennessee, Nashville,

Tenn. -- Garage circa 1919 33 6

Chevrolet Nashville Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Garage and showroom 1923 33 7

Citizens Bank, Pulaski, Tenn. -- Addition 1924 33 8

George Cole Motor Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Garage and showroom 1924 33 9

Crawford and Ashby, Fayetteville, Tenn. -- Garage undated 33 10

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Crescent Amusement Company -- Various theatres 1923-1925 33 11

D 1923 33 12

E 1917-1922 33 13

F 1922-1926 34 1

First Trust and Savings Bank, Clarksville, Tenn. --

Addition 1921 34 2

First National Bank, McMinnville, Tenn. --

Building 1922 34 3

Fry and Jones Motor Company, Columbia, Tenn.

-- Garage and filling station undated 34 4

G 1921-1924 34 5

Garages undated 34 6

Glenn, Neal, Springfield, Tenn. -- Store 1927 34 7

Glenn Court Realty Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Apartments 1922-1923 34 8

H 1922-1925 34 9

H. G. Hill Grocery Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Stores and warehouse 1921-1922 34 10

Hippodrome Motor Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Garage undated 34 11

Hooper Grocery Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Store 1923 34 12

Howard and Sumner, Nashville, Tenn. --

Bungalow undated 34 13

J 1917-1920 35 1

Johnson, W. Harry, Shreveport, La. -- Warehouse 1924 35 2

Killebrew, George W., Nashville, Tenn. -- Garage,

residence, and store 1922 35 3

L 1922-1924 35 4

Lea, Luke, Nashville, Tenn. -- Office and store 1924 35 5

M 1921-1923 35 6

Nashville Railway and Light Company, Nashville,

Tenn. -- New entrance 1924 35 7



Phillips and Buttorff, Nashville, Tenn. -- Foundry 1922-1923 35 10

Piggly Wiggly Corporation -- Nashville store

addition 1922-1924 35 11

Princess Theatre, Columbia, Tenn. -- Remodel 1923 35 12

Princess Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. -- Remodel undated 35 13

Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn. --

Building 1922-1924 35 14

R undated 36 1

John B. Ransom School, Nashville, Tenn. --

Addition 1922 36 2

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Regen, J. B., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence undated 36 3

S 1923 36 4

Shacklett's Cafeteria, Memphis, Tenn. -- Addition 1922 36 5

638 Tire and Vulcanizing Company, Nashville,

Tenn. -- Service station undated 36 6

Stockell Motor Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Garage 1922 36 7

T 1921-1922 36 8



Donelson, Tenn. -- Various buildings

1921-1922 36 9


Various buildings 1923 36 10

Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls,

Nashville, Tenn. -- Dormitory and school 1922 36 11

Timothy, Oliver, Nashville, Tenn. -- Store 1923 36 12

Tinsley Millinery Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Building 1924 36 13

Unidentified 1922 36 14

Union Ice Cream Company, Nashville, Tenn. 1922 36 15

W 1924 36 16

SERIES IV. – PHOTOGRAPHS

Series Scope and Content: Series IV is composed of Boxes 37-39 of the collection and

the material dates from 1921-1929. The photographs show various buildings under

construction.


CONTAINER LIST

Description Date Box No. Envelope

No.



Tenn. -- Science Building [9 photographs]

1922 37 1



Tenn. -- Dormitory [10 photographs]

1922 37 2a




1922 37 2b

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Tenn. -- Girls' dormitory [9 photographs]

1927 37 3



Tenn. -- Power house [5 photographs]

1928 37 4

Barnes Automobile Company, Central City, Ky. [5

photographs] 1924 37 5

Barr Infirmary, Nashville, Tenn. [1 photograph] circa 1910 37 6

Belmont Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. [2 negatives, 16

photographs] undated 37 7

E. M. Bond Fireproof Storage Company,

Nashville, Tenn. [6 photographs] undated 37 8

Bransford, W. S., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence [2



Shreveport, La. [12 photographs] 1924-1925 37 10


Shreveport, La. -- Proposed warehouse [1

photograph]

undated 37 11

Caldwell, Rogers, Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence [3


Tuberculosis hospital at Central State Hospital for

the Insane, Nashville, Tenn. [1 photograph] undated 37 13

Chalmers and Maxwell Garage, Nashville, Tenn.

[2 photographs] undated 37 14

City fire halls, Nashville, Tenn. [3 photographs] undated 37 15

Clifton Apartments, Nashville, Tenn. [4


Community Hotel, Franklin, Ky. [6 photographs] 1926 37 17

Community House, Elkton, Ky. [1 photograph] 1927 37 18

Cotton States Life Insurance Building, Nashville,

Tenn. [5 photographs] 1923 37 19

Cumberland Motor Company, Nashville, Tenn. [1

photograph] undated 37 20

Sam Davis Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. [11


Eastern Hospital for the Insane, Knoxville, Tenn.

[16 photographs] 1926 37 22

Elliott School, Nashville, Tenn. [1 photograph] undated 37 23

Endicott-Johnson Shoe Store, Nashville, Tenn. [4


Russell Erskine Hotel, Huntsville, Ala. [21


Farmers and Merchants Bank, Nashville, Tenn. [3


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Federal Reserve Bank, Nashville Branch [16


First National Bank (proposed) [1 photograph] undated 38 28

First National Bank, McMinnville, Tenn. [3


Fry Brothers, Ford Motor Company, Columbia,

Tenn. [1 photograph] undated 38 30

George Cole Motor Company, Nashville, Tenn. [1


Glencourt Apartments, Nashville, Tenn. [1


B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company and Firestone

Tire and Rubber Company [1 photograph] undated 38 33

Thomas Henry and Sons, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. [1


H. G. Hill Company, Nashville, Tenn. --

Warehouse [16 photographs] 1921-1922 38 35

Hippodrome Motor Company, Nashville, Tenn. [2


Jordan and Hupmobile Motor Company [1


Andrew Jackson Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. [12

photographs]

circa

1924-1926 38 38

L. B. Knight Motor Company, Greenville, Ky. [1


Lipscomb College [Lipscomb University],

Nashville, Tenn. [3 photographs] undated 38 40

Medical Arts Building (proposed), Nashville,

Tenn. [4 photographs] undated 38 41

Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn. [8


Middle Tennessee State Teachers College [Middle

Tennessee State University], Murfreesboro,


1928-1929 38 43

Middle Tennessee State Teachers College [Middle

Tennessee State University], Murfreesboro,

Tenn. -- Training school building [11

photographs]

1928-1929 38 44

Nashville Roller Mills, Nashville, Tenn. [1


National Baseball Association banquet, Baker

Hotel, Dallas, Tex. [2 photographs] 1927 38 45a

National Memphis Garage, Memphis, Tenn. [13

photographs] 1926-1927 38 46

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. [19

photographs] 1922-1923 38 47a

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Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. [18

photographs] 1923 38 47b

Norman Electric Company and Hope Dry Cleaning

Company, Nashville, Tenn. [1 photograph] undated 38 48

Paducah Hotel, Paducah, Ky. [1 photograph] undated 39 49

Walter O. Palmer School, Nashville, Tenn. [1

photograph] 1927 39 50

Phillips and Buttorff, Nashville, Tenn. --

Warehouse [8 photographs] 1923 39 51

Piggly Wiggly Corporation -- Store, Nashville,

Tenn. [2 photographs] 1922 39 52

Quick Tire Service, Inc., Nashville, Tenn. [1


Ransom, John B., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence [2


John B. Ransom School, Nashville, Tenn. [1


Schwab, B. E., Nashville, Tenn. -- Residence [1


Schacklett's Cafeteria, Nashville, Tenn. [1


638 Service Station, Nashville, Tenn. [3


Southern Insurance Company, Nashville, Tenn. [1


Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company,

Nashville, Tenn. [6 photographs] 1928 39 60

Sulphur Dell Baseball Stadium, Nashville, Tenn.

[7 photographs] 1926-1927 39 60a



Donelson, Tenn. -- Administration building

[6 photographs]

1922 39 61



Donelson, Tenn. -- Employees' building [7

photographs]

1922 39 62



Donelson, Tenn. -- Dormitory A [9

photographs]

1927 39 63



Donelson, Tenn. -- Dormitory B [5

photographs]

1927 39 64

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Donelson, Tenn. -- Dormitory 5 [12

photographs]

1922 39 65



Donelson, Tenn. -- Dormitory 6 [12

photographs]

1922 39 66



Donelson, Tenn. -- Superintendent's

residence [4 photographs]

1922 39 67



Donelson, Tenn. [2 photographs]

undated 39 68

Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville, Tenn.



Gymnasium [24 photographs] 1928 39 70

Tennessee Vocational School for Girls, Nashville,

Tenn. -- Dormitory [5 photographs] undated 39 71

Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls,

Nashville, Tenn. [1 photograph] undated 39 72

Railroad Terminal Post Office, Nashville, Tenn.


Swayne Field Baseball Stadium, Toledo, Ohio [7


Troy Laundry, Nashville, Tenn. [5 photographs] 1926 39 75

Union Ice Cream Company, Nashville, Tenn. [15


Willard Service Station, Nashville, Tenn. [2


Woodland Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. [2


Yellow Drivurself Company, Nashville, Tenn. [5


Unidentified buildings [15 photographs] undated 39 80

SERIES V. – BLUEPRINTS

Series Scope and Content: Series V is composed of blueprints housed in seven map

drawers and the material dates from circa 1910-1965. The blueprints are of many of the

building projects listed in Series II. There are also a few documents (bid proposals,

project specifications, etc.) among the blueprints for several of the projects.

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Series Arrangement: The blueprints are arranged in individual folders by building

project. NOTE: The "No. of Items" column in the container list refers to blueprints unless

otherwise noted.

CONTAINER LIST

Description Date No. of

Items Drawer Folder

Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial

College [Tennessee State University],

Nashville, Tenn.

1932 6 M–13–12 1

Swayne Field Baseball Stadium, Toledo,

Ohio 1928 3 M–13–12 2

E. M. Bond Residence, Nashville, Tenn.

1) Documents

2) Blueprints

undated

2

13

M–13–12 3

Central State Hospital for the Insane

buildings, Nashville, Tenn.

1) Documents

2) Blueprints

1928-1930

1

30

M–13–12 4

East Nashville High School, Nashville, Tenn.

1) Documents

2) Blueprints

1931-1932

5

44

M–13–12 5

Elliott School, Nashville, Tenn. [architectural

drawing] circa 1915 1 M–13–13 1

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company,

Nashville, Tenn. undated 2 M–13–13 2

First National Bank, McMinnville, Tenn. circa

1920-1924 2 M–13–13 3

Fourth and First National Bank, Nashville,

Tenn. undated 9 M–13–13 4

Joe W. Holman Residence, Nashville, Tenn. circa

1920-1921 5 M–13–13 5


Nashville, Tenn.

1) Documents

2) Blueprints

1925

1

9

M–13–13 6

Madison County Courthouse and Jail,

Jackson, Tenn. 1935-1936 26 M–13–13 7

Dining Hall, University of Tennessee Junior

College [University of Tennessee-

Martin], Martin, Tenn.

1934 14 M–13–13 8

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Science Building, Middle Tennessee State

Teachers College [Middle Tennessee

State University], Murfreesboro,

Tenn.

1930 35 M–13–13 9

J. C. Napier Homes, Nashville, Tenn. 1939 1 M–13–13 10

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1922-1923 21 M–13–14 1

Harry Nichol Building, Nashville, Tenn.

1) Photostat copies

2) Blueprints

1922-1923

62

16

M–13–14 2

Stahlman Theatre (Warner Bros. Theatres,

Inc.), Nashville, Tenn.

1) Documents

2) Blueprints

1930-1931

1

61

M–13–14 3

Fire Proof Hotel, Paducah, Ky. circa 1930 186 M–13–15 1

United States Post Office, Nashville, Tenn. 1932-1933 43 M–14–1 1

United States Post Office, Nashville, Tenn. 1931-1934 67 M–14–1 2

Apartment Buildings, Nashville, Tenn.

circa

1910s-

1930s

19 M–14–2 1

Tennessee Home and Training School for

Feeble Minded Persons [Clover

Bottom], Donelson, Tenn.

circa

1922-1925 9 M–14–2 2

Tennessee School for the Blind, Colored

Branch, Nashville, Tenn. 1921 10 M–14–2 3

Workshop for the Blind, Nashville, Tenn. 1965 3 M–14–2 4

Sterchi Building, Nashville, Tenn. 1930 86 M–14–2 5

Nashville Gas and Heating Company,

Nashville, Tenn. 1951 14 M–14–2 6

Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company,


Tennessee Electric Power Company,

Chattanooga, Tenn. 1932 2 M–14–3 2

Farmers Tobacco Warehouse Company,

Bowling Green, Ky. 1931 4 M–14–3 3

Union Transfer Company Garage, Nashville,

Tenn.

1) Documents

2) Blueprints

1930

3

14

M–14–3 4

Nashville Municipal Airport Sewer,


Unidentified project, unknown location undated 1 M–14–3 6

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Other architects

1) Cumberland Presbyterian Church,

Lebanon, Tenn., Asmus and Norton

2) Fort Sanders Manor, Knoxville,

Tenn., Barber and McMurry

3) Central Church of Christ

Administration Building, Nashville,

Tenn., Jones and Oehmig

4) American Metal Weather Ship

Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.,

unknown architect

5) Montgomery Ward Store,

Nashville, Tenn., Grand Rapids

Designing Service

1917

1922

1928

undated

1936

3

14

12

1

5

M–14–3 7

Garage, unidentified building, unidentified

location 1931 2 M–14–3 8

Unidentified houses, Nashville, Tenn.

[watercolor renderings] 1918 4 M–14–3 9

Houses, Nashville, Tenn. [colored

photographs] 1910s 2 M–14–3 10


Nashville, Tenn. [watercolor

rendering]

undated 1 M–14–3 11

Market building, Public Square, Nashville,

Tenn. [watercolor rendering] undated 1 M–14–3 12

Tennessee State Penitentiary addition,

Nashville, Tenn. 1937 21 M-14-3 13

Women’s building at Tennessee State

Penitentiary, Nashville, Tenn. 1929 16 M-14-3 14

Cheatham County Jail, Ashland City, Tenn. circa 1935 1 M-14-3 15

OVERSIZED BLUEPRINTS

Atop map cabinets M-9 through M-11

Description Date No. of items

Caldwell & Co. building, Nashville, Tenn. 1923 2

United States Post Office, Nashville, Tenn. 1931-1934 80