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Architecture of Middle Tennessee
The Historic American Buildings Survey
Vintage Vanderbilt
Edited by Thomas B. Brumbaugh, Martha I. Strayhorn and Gary G. Gore
Sales Date: 2020-08-15
Vanderbilt staffers discovered a treasure trove of photos and diagrams from the HABS survey that did not make the original edition in the Press archives. This new, expanded edition contains all the original text and images from the first volume, plus many of the forgotten archived materials collected by HABS in the 1970s.
In her new introduction to this reissue, Aja Bain discusses why these buildings were saved and wonders about what lessons preservationists can learn now about how to preserve a wider swath of our shared history.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Government and Public Buildings
Tennessee State Capitol (Nashville), 1845-1859
Tennessee State Penitentiary (Nashville), 1895-1897
Federal Building (Old Clarksville Post Office), 1897-1898
Commercial Structures
Poston Buildings (Clarksville), ca. 1843
S. D. Morgan and Company (Nashville), 1856
The Grange Warehouse (Clarksville), 1858 or 1859
Second Avenue, North, Commercial District (Nashville), 1896-1920(?)
Werthan Bag Corporation (Nashville), 1871-188os
Bear Spring Furnace (Dover), 1873
Ryman Auditorium (Nashville), 1888-1892
Union Station (Nashville), 1898-1900
Public Arcade (Nashville), 1902
Churches
St. Mary's Cathedral, Roman Catholic (Nashville), 1844-1847
First Presbyterian Church (Nashville), 1849-1851
Zion Presbyterian Church (Columbia), 1849
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Nashville), 1852-1887
Schools, Institutions
University of Nashville-Children's Museum (Nashville), 1853
Jubilee Hall, Fisk University (Nashville), 1876
Vanderbilt University Gymnasium (Nashville), 1880
West Side Row, Vanderbilt University (Nashville), 1886-1887
Residences
Rock Castle (Hendersonville), 1784-1797(?)
Hays-Kiser House (Antioch), ca. 1796
Travellers' Rest {Nashville), 1799-1885
Cragfont (Gallatin), 1802
Oaklands (Murfreesboro), 1815, 1825, 1859-1860
The Hermitage {Nashville), 1819
Wessyngton (Robertson County), 1819
Castalian Springs-Wynnewood (Gallatin), 1828
Carter House (Franklin), 1830
Fairvue {Gallatin), 1832
Rattle and Snap (Columbia), 1845
Adolphus Heiman House {Nashville), 1845-1850(?)
Belmont (Nashville), 1850
Worker's House (Nashville), ca. 1850
Two Rivers {Nashville), 1859
Epilogue
Thomas B. Brumbaugh, a native of Pennsylvania, was a professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt University.
Martha I. Strayhorn and Gary G. Gore were both staff members at Vanderbilt University Press during the time of the book's original publication.
Aja Bain is program and publications manager for the American Association for State and Local History, where she is the editor of History News magazine. She also serves as president of the Inter-Museum Council of Nashville and on the board of Historic Nashville, Inc.
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