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Creator
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By
Nathan Ledford
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Lede
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Description - Built in 1890 by local builder J.R. Whitmore who then rented the building to brothers Frederic and William Cummins. They opened the building as a local grocery store before it. In the coming years before it became Acme Feed and Seed it was home to Southern Soda Works, Ford Flour Co., and Bearden Buggy. In 1913 when Bearden Buggy rented the building they added a wooden elevator to the building to move buggies up and down the building. After that for the next thirty years the building was rented to several other local stores like a drug store and storage warehoused. Then in 1943 the building was rented by Currey L. Turner who opened it as Acme Feed and Hatchery. The store sold straw, feed, wire, tools, and other supplies needed on the farm. In 1980 son of Currey L. Turner, Lester Turner Sr. bought the building and kept the store open until 1999 when it was closed due to running costs. The building was put up for rent in 2000 and stayed vacant until 2013 when Tom Morales owner of TomKats and several other investors including famous country music star Alan Jackson leased the building to open Acme Feed & Seed Bar. It has now been put on the list of historical buildings in downtown Nashville.
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Story-Subject
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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, the building was home to several other businesses including the Southern Soda Works, Ford Flour Co., and Bearden Buggy. When Bearden Buggy rented the building in 1913, they added a wooden elevator to the building to move buggies up and down the building. For the next thirty years, the building was rented to several other local stores like a drug store and storage warehoused. In 1943, the building was rented by Currey L. Turner who opened it as ACME Feed and Hatchery. The store sold straw, feed, wire, tools, and other supplies needed on the farm. In 1980, Currey L. Turner’s son Lester Turner Sr. bought the building and kept the store open until 1999 when it was closed due to running costs. The building was put up for rent in 2000 and stayed vacant until 2013 when Tom Morales, owner of TomKats, and several other investors, including famous country music star Alan Jackson, leased the building to open ACME Feed & Seed Bar. It has now been put on the list of historical buildings in downtown Nashville.
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Subject
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Historic Building
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Source
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File #44: "https://omeka4.mtsu.edu/files/original/cc643385d393e4a14b1b49bf85cbd171.jpg"
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Related Resources
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Vienneau, Nancy. "ACME Feed & Seed Mixes Old, New." The Tennessean, Oct 22, 2014. https://ezproxy.mtsu.edu:3443/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1803523104?accountid=4886.
Bernard, Bush. "Acme building ready to rent ." Nashville Business Journal , May 07, 2000. May 07, 2000. Accessed November 29, 2017. https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2000/05/08/story1.html?page=all.
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Bibliographic Citation
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Nathan Ledford, “ACME Feed & Seed,” Bygone Nashville, accessed September 16, 2025, https://bygone-nashville.mtsu.edu/admin/items/show/21.
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Address
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101 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201
