NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Historic Nashville announced its Nashville Nine today, which are properties they worry are endangered and hope to protect.
The organization will spend the year focusing on these properties to highlight them and the preservation of their character.
Several of the properties from the 2014 list have been or are in the process of being saved.
The Nashville Nine include:
Capers C.M.E. Memorial Church – 319 15th Ave. N.
Built in 1925, this African-American church is significant for both it’s history and architecture. IT’s currently threatened with deferred maintenance and water infiltration damage.
Chestnut Hill neighborhood – South of downtown
Bordered by the thriving Wedgewood-Houston area of south Nashville, it’s one of the city’s most rapidly redeveloping neighborhoods. One of the neighborhood landmarks, Layman Drug Store, was recently for $1 million and will likely be demolished for a mixed-use development.
Colonel Tom Parker House – 1215 Gallatin Pike S.
Built in 1935, the 80-year-old stone building belonged to the legendary manager of Elvis Presley, Hank Snow and Eddy Arnold. The historic landmark is extremely important to Nashville’s music history and one of the few remaining buildings related to Elvis Presley.
Historic apartments along West End and Elliston Place
In recent years, historic apartment buildings along this area have been torn down in favor of high-rises and new developments. The remaining buildings have unique architecture that give them character that can’t be found in new buildings.
Lifeway Christian Resources campus – Broadway and Ninth Ave. N.
The buildings date back to 1913 and sit on a 15-acre downtown campus. Lifeway is in the process of selling the campus to a consortium of local and national developers for a mixed-use redevelopment.
Music Row neighborhood – between 16th and 18th avenues from Division to Demonbreun streets
Music Row has been the heart of Nashville’s music industry since the 1950s. Over the past 3 years, the area has suffered from the demolitions of dozens of historic buildings for redevelopment. In 2015, it was deemed a National Treasure by the National Trust for historic Preservation.
Pagoda of Medicine – 707 Young’s Lane, North Nashville
Built in 1963, this mid-modern century building has been vacant since 2008. It retains it’s original architectural integrity, but suffered from water damage and vandalism.
Rural cemeteries in Davidson County
The city has many small, rural cemeteries that date back to around 1791. The cemeteries and their gravestones may be the only vestige of the area’s 19th century history.
White’s Creek Rural Historic District
Located in northwest Davidson County, White’s Creek is the location of Nashville’s only historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 157-acre district was built between the 1830s and 1900s, and it has now been under pressure by developers who want to build suburban-style residential subdivisions.