Historic Ink

The Newsletter of Historic Nashville, Inc. Fall 2009, Vol. 32, No. 3

HNI Announces “Nashville Nine” Inaugural list receives local attention NI announced the 2009 “Nashville Nine,” a list of the city’s most endangered historic properties as nominated by the public, at a H th press conference on September 9 . Board president David Price and members of HNI made the announcement at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Chapel, one of the listed properties. The complete list of the 2009 Nashville Nine can be seen on page 4.

The announcement was well publicized in the local media with articles in the Tennessean, Nashville Business Journal, West Side News, and coverage on WPLN and all four local television stations. Since the announcement, the Tennessean has published several follow-up stories on the Arcade Post Office, Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, and the Fox’s Donut Den, which features one of the city’s historic neon signs – Attendees at the press conference included Patrick a property type on the list. Stories have also been McIntyre (THC), Dan Brown (TPT), Tim Walker posted on local blogs, email listservs, and websites. (MHC), David Price, Alan Hayes, and Scarlett Miles. Visit the HNI website for links to these stories. Photo courtesy Tara Mielnik.

Inside this Issue

From the President 1 From the Editor 3 2009 Nashville Nine 4 Behind-the-Scenes Tours 5-6 Nashville’s Preservation Timeline 7 Membership 8 “Fight to Save Union Station” 9 “The Home Tour Revisited” 11 About HNI 12 A link to an online video of the Ch. 4 coverage about the Nashville Nine is posted on the HNI website. Shown is 931 Main Street in East Nashville. FROM THE PRESIDENT preservation of Union Station, a story paired with a timeline of other notable preservation events in all is already my favorite season, but this year Nashville history. the season is especially exciting for HNI and Fthe City of Nashville as we welcome over Finally, we have a real treat of a column by noted 2,000 participants to the 2009 National Preservation local author and architecture critic (and past HNI Conference this October. On behalf of HNI and our board member), Christine Kreyling, who shares her fair city, let me say to our visitors: Welcome Y’all! thoughts on the challenges of “cleaning house” for a crowd of 500 visiting preservation enthusiasts. Now The conference week is packed with programs and that takes guts! field sessions that will highlight the cultural and natural beauty of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, I would like to take a moment to remind our members and HNI couldn’t be happier to be a local partner in to save the date for our upcoming Annual Meeting on the effort. In addition to the official conference January 21, 2010. Following a brief board meeting, program, I hope that conference attendees will make we will gather for food and fellowship, review our time to venture off the beaten path and explore some accomplishments from the previous year, elect new of the places that really show the heart and soul of board members, and talk about the good work that we Nashville. Historic neighborhoods, parks, music still have ahead of us. Be on the lookout for more venues, fine local restaurants, and, my personal gauge details, and I hope to see you there. of a great city, top-notch record stores (yes, they still exist and are thriving here, most of them in vintage Cheers, buildings!). Music City simply has it all and I hope David Price you enjoy your time here.

HNI has enjoyed a long relationship with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Over the years, we’ve partnered with the National Trust on many projects, beginning with the national campaign to save the Ryman Auditorium back in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, we launched a series of community outreach, education, and local school programs, which garnered national attention, including a prestigious Honor Award from the National Trust in 1985. Then, in 2006 the National Trust’s southern office assisted HNI in its reorganization effort. Did you know that Nashville has two National Trust for These pages will catch you up to HNI’s recent Historic Preservation “Partner Places”? They are activities; you’ll see we’ve been about as busy as an Belle Meade Plantation and The Hermitage. all-volunteer board can be. The publication of the National Trust members enjoy discounted admission! Nashville Nine endangered properties list, the first such list by HNI in almost a decade, received tremendous positive feedback from the media and the public, showing what a passion there is in this city for Save the date! historic preservation advocacy. You will also see The HNI Annual Meeting will be held photos from our recent behind-the-scenes tours of January 21, 2010. An invitation with event local landmarks, which by all measures have been a details will be mailed to members. Contact great success. Please join us for the next one! HNI membership coordinator Scarlett Miles for more information. We also took the opportunity with this newsletter to have longtime board member Bob Tuke look back at one of HNI’s greatest past achievements, the Historic Ink: Summer 2009 2 HNI OFFICERS PRESIDENT David Price PAST PRESIDENT Robert “Bob” Tuke VICE PRESIDENT Alan Hayes SECRETARY Patrick Gilbert TREASURER Don Shriver BOARD MEMBERS Beth Courtney In 1847, President James K. Polk purchased the 1820 Grundy Place in downtown Nashville where he lived until his death in 1849 at age 53; his widow Sarah lived Keith Durbin here until her death in 1891, both were buried in a tomb (right) designed in 1850 by Tony Giarratana William Strickland. Andrew Carnegie visited in 1889. In 1893, the tomb was Jason Holleman relocated to the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol. Local leaders tried to save Mike Jameson “Polk Place,” but it was razed in 1901 by an out-of-town developer. Today, the site Robbie D. Jones is occupied by a Best Western Hotel, apartments, and the former YWCA. Stephen McRedmond Scarlett C. Miles FROM THE EDITOR Mike Murphy This month, some 2,000 preservation leaders from around the nation will Joshua Smith descend on Nashville for the 2009 National Preservation Conference, the Vivian Wilhoite “Olympics” of the historic preservation world. Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to attend seven NPCs from Pittsburgh to Portland. At each, I NEWSLETTER EDITOR brought back new information as I learned about the successes and failures Robbie D. Jones of each host city. Here in Nashville, we have our share of stories to tell, [email protected] many of which involve Historic Nashville, Inc. One of those success stories MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR is told in this issue by one of its key leaders, Bob Tuke. You’ll also have the Scarlett C. Miles treat of reading a story by one of HNI’s former leaders, Christine Kreyling, [email protected] as she prepares her own historic home for a NPC tour. Here at HNI, we’re hoping that the 2009 NPC serves as an introduction to PRESERVATION EASEMENTS not only the city, but to its many preservation stories, both good and bad. To Bob Tuke, Committee Chair our visitors, welcome to Music City! To our members, get ready because [email protected] it’s Nashville’s time to shine! WEBSITE MANAGER Robbie D. Jones David Price Editor, Historic Ink [email protected] Historic Nashville, Inc. Send correspondence and submissions for publication to the Historic Ink editor. PO Box 190516 Deadline for submission of material for the Spring 2010 issue is February 4, 2010. Nashville, TN 37219 Contact the editor about format preference. http://www.historicnashvilleinc.org Historic Ink was published from 1977 to 2003 and re-launched in 2009. All content is copyrighted © 2009 by the Historic Nashville, Inc. and is protected Email: [email protected] by federal copyright law. Printed by Allegra Print & Imaging, Nashville, Tennessee. Historic Ink: Summer 2009 3 THE NASHVILLE NINE 2009 Nashville’s 9 most threatened properties

“Silverdene” McCambell House Jackson House Lawrence Finn House 305 Kent Road (Donelson) 3500 Brick Church Pike 931 Main Street (East) (Bordeaux)

US Post Office – Arcade Mt. Olivet Cemetery Chapel Charlotte Ave Church of Christ (downtown) 1101 Lebanon Pike (Southeast) 4508 Charlotte Ave (Richland Park)

Historic Neighborhood Schools Historic Neon Signs – Home for Aged Masons & – Countywide Countywide – Masonic School Ransom School shown Weiss Liquors on Main St R.S. Gass Boulevard (West End) shown (East) (Inglewood)

Historic Ink: Summer 2009 4 New “Behind-the-Scenes” Tours!

The recently launched “Behind-the-Scenes” Tour of local landmarks is an exciting new program offered by HNI. Nearly fifty people participated in the first two tours, which are free for HNI members. We look forward to seeing you at future tours. Is there a local landmark that you would like to tour? Let us know! We’ll do our best to schedule tours of the most popular nominated landmarks.

The historic Fall School was converted into the Church of Scientology in 2009.

Participants of the inaugural tour of the historic American Trust Building, held on August 30, 2009.

Participants enjoyed a tour of the Church of Scientology on September 27, 2009.

Bob Tuke and Jean Nelson had fun inspecting the The original atrium at the Fall School. original vault in the American Trust basement. Historic Ink: Summer 2009 5 Grand Lodge of Tennessee - Free and Accepted Masons 100 7th Avenue North Designed by Nashville architectural firm Asmus & Clark (Christian A. Asmus and Richard R. Clark), the recently renovated Grand Lodge of Tennessee was originally built in 1923-1925 as a Scottish Rite Temple. Due to the financial strain of the Great Depression and a decreasing membership, the Scottish Bodies sold the building to the Grand Lodge Masons in May 1937. The name was changed to The Grand Lodge Building.

Designed in the Neoclassical style with elements of the Greek Ionic order, the monumental four-story concrete The Hodge House Renovation received a building features Ionic pilasters and engaged columns 2009 Preservation Award from the MHC. across the visible facades and bronze light standards at the entrance. The scope of this restoration project involved updating the building to meet modern-day needs for “Behind-the-Scenes” Tour of the comfort, safety, and accessibility. The renovation also Hodge House at Warner Park addressed the lobby, gathering areas, and auditorium. The HNI members only – Free! restoration project received a 2009 Preservation Award from the Metropolitan Historical Commission. Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:00a.m. “Behind-the-Scenes” Tour of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee Discover the recently renovated Hodge House and learn HNI members only – Free! about the innovative restoration process for this city- owned historic site. What better way to celebrate the Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 2:00 p.m. season than by a visit to our city’s beautiful Warner Park? Tour leaders include Heather Gallagher and Robbie D. HNI will lead a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Jones. Coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts will be provided. Grand Lodge of Tennessee, which was recently renovated by Tuck-Hinton Architects of Nashville. HNI members RSVP for both tours today! will enjoy a tour of the interior of this impressive Contact Scarlett C. Miles downtown landmark, including the spectacular 1, 400 seat [email protected] auditorium. Tuck-Hinton architect Curtis Lesh and Lodge Building Committee Chair Ken Moore will lead the tour.

Rear elevation of the Hodge House, the log wall beneath the porch was left exposed – one of several innovative Grand Lodge of Tennessee, built 1923-1925. interpretive features. Historic Ink: Summer 2009 6 Commission (MHC), hires staff; City acquires Two Rivers Mansion in Donelson

1968 The Historic Sites Federation of Tennessee (HSFT) established in Nashville with mission of preserving historic landmarks

1972 HSFT launched national campaign to save historic Ryman Auditorium; assisted by National Trust

he 2009 National Preservation Conference is 1975 HSFT becomes Historic Nashville, Inc., hires first shining a spotlight on Nashville to the entire executive director, launches Market Street Festival historic preservation community, not just here in and Silver Dollar 5K run, renovates Silver Dollar T nd Music City but throughout the nation. We thought we Saloon on 2 Avenue for headquarters would share some milestones of the historic preservation movement in Nashville. Enjoy! 1978 City launched Historic Zoning District in Edgefield

1855 State of Tennessee purchased Andrew Jackson’s 1970s HNI launches survey of downtown properties; NHLs designated: Jubilee Hall at Fisk University, Union Hermitage in order to preserve the national icon Station, TN State Capitol; City acquires U.S. Customs 1889 Ladies’ Hermitage Association organized in Nashville; House and publishes Historic Sites Survey acquires and opens The Hermitage as museum 1982 HNI launches Preservation Easement program 1901 James K. Polk’s downtown mansion destroyed despite efforts to preserve it 1983 HNI sues federal government to save Union Station

1919 Tennessee Historical Commission (THC) established, 1985 HNI receives Honor Award from National Trust for headquartered in Nashville Historic Preservation for education programs

1930s New Deal funds used to restore Civil War era Fort 1989 City launched Local Landmark program Negley and improve city parks and The Hermitage, but also to destroy landmarks such as county courthouse 1980s HNI spearheaded archaeological excavations of and urban townhouses near State Capitol Captain Ryman House; campaigns to save the Hermitage Hotel and Tennessee Theater (razed); nd 1940s City builds Lafayette Avenue through Black Bottom sues to prevent 20-story building on 2 Avenue; neighborhood near downtown TDOT builds I-440 through historic neighborhoods

1949 Federal funds approved for destroying historic Capitol 1990s HNI campaigns to preserve historic neighborhoods; Hill neighborhood as part of Urban Renewal program; campaigns to save Shelby Street Bridge; prepares National Trust for Historic Preservation organized National Register nomination for city’s residential architecture; launches endangered properties list; 1951 Association for Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities First Presbyterian Church designated NHL (APTA) established, headquartered in Nashville 2000 HNI launches Sacred Sites Survey; National Trust for 1954 APTA opens Belle Meade Plantation as museum; Historic Preservation designates First Hermitage Traveller’s Rest opens as museum Restoration a Save America’s Treasures site; Tennessee Preservation Trust established in Nashville 1955 Nashville hosts annual meeting of the National Trust for Historic Preservation 2001 Ryman Auditorium designated NHL

1960 The Hermitage designated National Historic Landmark; 2002 The Hermitage receives Stewardship Award from Cheekwood opened as art museum & botanical garden National Trust for Historic Preservation 1960s Federal funds used to destroy historic neighborhoods as part of construction of I-40 and I-65; city landmarks 2003 HNI disbands, Sacred Sites Survey completed destroyed for construction of new office buildings, 2000s Several landmarks destroyed for development or municipal auditorium, and subdivisions neglect such as Jacksonian Apartments on West End, Evergreen in Inglewood, and Union Station Train Shed 1965 George Peabody College for Teachers designated NHL

1966 U.S. Congress passes National Historic Preservation 2006 HNI reorganized with help from National Trust Act; City establishes municipal Metropolitan Historical 2009 Nashville hosts National Preservation Conference Historic Ink: Summer 2009 7 MEMBERSHIP NEWS Welcome New & Renewing Members!

Sherry Beard and Richard Quin Alyssa and Alan Hayes Joshua H. Smith Teresa Benedetti David Morgan Jones Nancy and Joan VanReece Sarah Campbell-Drury Christine and Michael Kreyling Tom Vickstrom Rebecca and David Climer Andrea and Keith Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Ridley Wills III Mary Jo Cunningham Shirley K. Manaley Robin Zeigler Wanda Davis Ophelia and George Paine Melissa Gibbs Cindy Evans Phil Ponder Lelia Gilchrist and Larry Woodson Helen and Rick Sanders Cherrie H. Hall Don Shriver

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Historic Ink: Summer 2009 8 The Fight to Save Union Station discovery, finding plenty of evidence of the intent of GSA to allow Union Station to deteriorate and to abandon the By Bob Tuke restoration project. We also scheduled the depositions in Washington D.C. of GSA Administrator Gerald Carmen n 1983 Union Station stood empty, abandoned, and and of Richard Haase, the United States Commissioner of condemned. Although the General Services Public Buildings. We threatened to file motions for Administration of the United States (GSA) had owned I contempt if they failed to appear for their depositions. the Station since 1978, having acquired it under the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act for restoration and use as federal office space, by 1983, no restoration or even stabilization had occurred. The Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act had been passed in 1976 during the Carter Administration. Its intent was to identify threatened buildings of exceptional historic and/or architectural value which could be restored and converted to federal use, instead of having the federal government build new monolithic buildings. The Administrator of the GSA under President Jimmy Carter, Jay Solomon from Chattanooga, was a strong advocate of historic preservation and of Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act projects. So the empty and decaying Union Station had been acquired in 1978 for $1.00 from L&N Railroad, among a dozen or so other major federal acquisitions. Congress appropriated funds for these projects, and Union Station's share was approximately $7.1 million. But nothing happened. The HNI delegation presented U.S. Rep. Bill Boner (right) with a petition containing over 20,000 signatures at the In 1982 Historic Nashville, Inc. began its efforts to save U.S. Capitol; pictured are HNI chairman Joseph K. Union Station in earnest by announcing a campaign called Presley, HNI executive director Debbie Dale Mason, and “Unite to Save Union Station,” or USUS. That campaign HNI board member and lead attorney Bob Tuke. ultimately resulted in volunteers collecting more than 20,000 signatures on petitions for presentation to the GSA Commissioner Haase asked for a meeting before his and to Congress to demonstrate the commitment of scheduled deposition, and we obliged him. He asked us Nashville citizens to the preservation of Union Station. what we wanted, and I still clearly recall my response: Some members of HNI also founded the Union Station “We want Union Station deeded to Metro Nashville, the Trust Fund to help raise money for the effort to save the $7.1 million originally allocated to the project, immediate Station and to be available to take legal action, if fumigation and stabilization of the building at federal necessary, against the GSA as part of the effort. The government expense, support for an Urban Development preservation campaign had the full support of then Mayor Action Grant for further restoration costs, and cooperation Richard Fulton and much of the Metro Council. Most by GSA with all these efforts going forward.” importantly, we had the enthusiastic backing of the HNI members and of thousands of Nashville citizens. The next day the House Committee on Public Works held hearings that HNI had asked Nashville’s Congressman Bill By February 1983 it had become obvious that GSA did not Boner to schedule on the failure of GSA to restore Union intend to restore Union Station, and the magnificent Station and its earlier decision to reallocate to $7.1 million building had continued to decay. HNI and the Union to other uses. Then Senator Jim Sasser testified before the Station Trust Fund decided to take action. They authorized Committee, and HNI Executive Director, Debbie Dale my partner Steve Rush and me to file suit in United States Mason, and the HNI Chairman, Joseph K. (Pepe) Presley, District Court against GSA and its Administrator Gerald presented the USUS petitions and written testimony to the Carmen. Stalwart HNI member Dr. Ben Caldwell joined in Committee. The Committee determined to investigate the the suit as an individual plaintiff. We alleged that the matter and sent Representatives to visit Nashville and defendants had violated the Public Buildings Cooperative Union Station. Use Act and the National Historic Preservation Act by failing to protect and restore this nationally significant The rest is history. By May 1983, GSA had agreed to our landmark. We undertook extensive documentary terms. Union Station was deeded to Metro, the building was fumigated and stabilized, federal funding was Historic Ink: Summer 2009 9 provided, and HNI helped conduct a national competition for proposals to restore Union Station to functional use. HNI group on Facebook! The winning proposal called for a hotel, and the successor to the restoration effort is once again a Nashville jewel, the Join our Facebook® group at Wyndham Historic Union Station Hotel. We at Historic www.facebook.com where you can keep Nashville, Inc. are proud of the part we played to save up with the latest news, events, Union Station. Mostly, however, we are grateful that it announcements, and see photos happened. And what an adventure it was! uploaded by HNI members.

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Nashville’s Union Station, built in 1900. Belle Meade Theater Update!

The historic Belle Meade Theater, which operated from 1940-1991, is the centerpiece of a new retail and residential complex, featuring a bank, supermarket, and luxury apartments. Renovation of the Art Deco-style theatre, an undertaking of HNI board member Tony Giarratana, includes preservation of many of the theatre’s historic details such as the iconic marquee, the scalloped facade and the two story lobby space that features a grand stairway leading to the mezzanine. Occupied by BookStar from 1991-2004, the former theater will soon be used as a Glen Clark submitted this photo of an old advertisement restaurant. During its use as a grand movie palace, many hidden behind plaster in the building adjacent to the Fido celebrities visited including Fess Parker, Bing Crosby, coffeehouse in Hillsboro Village. The building is currently Doris Day, Charleton Heston, Dinah Shore, Pat Boone, under renovation. The owner of Fido intends to preserve Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, Helen Hays, and Ronald Reagan. most of the historic ads. Very cool!

Historic Ink: Summer 2009 10 The Home Tour Revisited mayday calls to masons while scouting pavers at Jones By Christine Kreyling Stone yard to replace the cracked front sidewalk. By show time, I can safely predict that I’ll be exhausted, and spouse t’s news only to those Nashvillians who prefer the will be staring glumly at the checkbook. aroma of hot dogs at football games to the scent of old Ihouse dirt and fresh varnish that the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation comes to town this month. Beginning October 13, thousands of historic architecture lovers from across the nation descend on our fair city to explore such topics as “Challenges to Cemetery Restoration” and “Demystifying ‘Affordability’ in Housing Development,” to take walking, bus and even biking tours of local landmarks large and small. Unfortunately, about 500 of the Trusters will also descend on my house during the “Candlelight Tour.” This state of affairs is the result of opening my big mouth: When I told a local organizer that I thought East Nashville offered one of the most educational examples of preservation success, she asked me to put my home where my mouth was—and I could only oblige.

Since then, I’ve been getting ready to open up my 1885 Mantel and staircase of the Victorian Gothic-style home. Victorian and fluctuating between depressive and manic states. In melancholy mode I become as paralyzed by That’s because I’ve been down the home tour road before, house-doubt as Hamlet in mid-soliloquy. Why have I albeit at the neighborhood and not the national level. And never reupholstered the wing chair a long dead cat used as I’ve learned a few ways to take at least some of the edges a scratching post? Is it even possible to dissolve the soap off the experience. scum on the shower door without liquefying the aluminum finish of the frame as well? I see each chip in woodwork For starters, rationalize being on tour as a crash course in and stain on wall in magnification—like a teen with a new- home improvement. Repairing the dog-masticated binding flowering zit. of the oriental rug and installing new leather seats on the dining room chairs have been on my “to do” list for years.

Remind myself that most home tourists are more interested in lifestyles than design values. On previous open houses, no one ever commented on the antebellum armoire or the 19th century albumen prints of Italian palazzi. They were too busy putting on their reading glasses to study the wall of family and pet pics—and the invitations magnetized to the refrigerator. Think positive. At a recent tour planning meeting, fellow touree Carol Williams laughed: “Thank God it’s a candlelight tour. My house couldn’t take the full light of day.” Amen. 1201 Holly Street, designed by Hugh C. Thompson. Ed. Note: Photos courtesy the author. Christine Kreyling is a former HNI board member and was a regular Feelings of hopelessness are interspersed with phases of contributor to Historic Ink in the 1980s. Her home is listed lunatic optimism, a.k.a., “We can make over the whole in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the place in a month.” I’ve sanded butcher-block, stripped East Nashville Historic District. rings from tabletops, juggled a rainbow of paint chips to color coordinate the retinting of every room. I’ve made Historic Ink: Summer 2009 11 Historic Nashville, Inc. P.O. Box 190516 Nashville, TN 37219

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ABOUT HNI

Historic Nashville, Inc. was originally chartered in 1968 as “The Historic Sites Federation of Tennessee.” In 1975, the name and mission changed in response to the urgency of threats to historic landmarks in Nashville. The nonprofit 501(c)3 organization became “Historic Nashville, Inc.” and its mission was to preserve and maintain “architecturally significant or historic buildings in urban Nashville.”

Over the years, HNI has successfully advocated for the preservation of many downtown landmarks, including the Ryman Auditorium, Union Station, Hermitage Hotel, MISSION STATEMENT Shelby Street Bridge, and the Second Avenue, Printer’s Alley, Lower Broadway, and East Nashville historic districts. In 1982, HNI established the state’s first Historic Nashville, Inc. works to preserve, Preservation Easement program and currently owns revitalize, and enhance the natural, built, and easements on 16 historic landmarks with a market value of cultural heritage of Nashville and over $30 million. HNI hosts an annual membership Davidson County through education, meeting, publishes a newsletter, maintains a website, gives special tours of local historic landmarks, and recently partnerships, and advocacy. launched the annual “Nashville Nine” endangered properties list. www.historicnashvilleinc.org

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