Located at 624 Main Street, Bolton’s Spicy Chicken and Fish was opened in the late 1980s by husband and wife team Dollye Graham-Mathews and Bolton Mathews. Bolton Matthews opened the Main Street location in 1993, making Bolton’s Chicken and Fish…

In 1871, the Nashville and Edgefield Street Railroad Company began construction on a street railroad for the city. The street railroad had lines on Fatherland Street, Woodland Street, and Main Street and was completed the following year. The first…

Lockeland Elementary School, otherwise known as Lockeland Design Center, was once the site of Lockland Mansion, named for Jane Locke. The first Anglo-American settler at this site was Daniel Williams who obtained 640 acres as a Revolutionary War…

Originally built in 1850, a suspension bridge crossed the Cumberland River and connected Edgefield directly to downtown Nashville. In 1874, The Republican Banner printed an article about the bridge highlighting its importance to the town stating,…

The Russell Street Church, located in 819 and 901 Russell Street, first opened its doors in 1905. The Russell Street Church of Christ was one of the most influential churches in East Nashville, and its members established many other prominent East…

The Tennessee General Assembly built the Tennessee State Museum to protect and show memorable items from World War One. The museum was established in the War Memorial building in 1937 on 6th Avenue North. The museum eventually moved to the James K.…

The Heritage Hotel opened in 1910. The hotel was advertised as “fireproof, noise proof, and dustproof” during its opening. The hotel’s intersection includes other great historical landmarks, such as the Tennessee State Capitol and the Ryman…

The first African-American public primary school in Nashville was built on this site (then 217 S. Summer St) in 1893. The Pearl School was named for the first superintendent of Nashville schools, Joshua F. Pearl. The new building was the pride…

Since 1947, Ernest Tubb Record Shop has been a locally owned and operated record shop in downtown Nashville, TN. It was founded by Grand Ole Opry Ernest Tubb and his partner Charles Mosley at 720 Commerce St. on May 3, 1947, and was renowned for…

The ACME Feed & Seed building was built in 1890 by J.R. Whitmore. Whitmore then rented the building to brothers Frederic and William Cummins. They opened the building as a local grocery store before it. Before becoming the ACME Feed & Seed,…