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Historic Ink Historic Ink The Newsletter of Historic Nashville, Inc. Summer 2009, Vol. 32, No. 2 HNI SEEKS NOMINATIONS NASHVILLE TO HOST 2009 NATIONAL FOR THE “NASHVILLE NINE” PRESERVATION CONFERENCE Historic Nashville, Inc. is pleased to announce a call It’s no secret by now that Nashville will host the 2009 for nominations for the 2009 “Nashville Nine,” our National Preservation Conference, which will annual list of nine endangered historic properties in celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Trust Nashville and Davidson County. HNI intends for the for Historic Preservation. Several years ago, city and 2009 Nashville Nine to promote public awareness of state leaders began the pursuit of this conference, endangered historic sites and encourage preservation which will bring some 2,000 participants from around advocacy at the grassroots level. the country to Music City. If you’ve never been to a Do you know of a historic property (building, National Preservation Conference, then here’s your structure, site, or district) in your neighborhood or opportunity to attend in your own backyard. community that is threatened by demolition, neglect, or development? If so, tell us about it! You can nominate an endangered historic property at our website www.historicnashvilleinc.org. The deadline for submitting nominations is July 31st. HNI will th announce the 2009 Nashville Nine on September 9 . Cover of July/August 2009 issue of Preservation magazine. This conference features workshops, field sessions, presentations, lectures, an exhibition hall, bookstore, In 1972, plans were announced to demolish the poster sessions, an awards ceremony, business Ryman Auditorium. HNI spearheaded a two-year national meeting, and, oh yeah, lots of receptions where you campaign by preservationists, including the National Trust can catch up with old friends and make new ones! and Ada Louise Huxtable of the New York Times, to save Many more details are inside this issue. this revered landmark from the wrecking ball. FROM THE PRESIDENT the “Nashville Nine” endangered properties program, with a public nomination process accessible via the t is my great pleasure to write the first “From the website. The Nashville Nine will put a much needed President” column for the resurrected Historic Ink spotlight on historic properties in Nashville and I newsletter. I’ve been looking forward to Davidson County that are threatened by demolition, informing our members as well as friends and development, or neglect. Please visit our website if community leaders about the good work being you would like to nominate an endangered property undertaken by a reenergized Historic Nashville, Inc.! that matters to you. This is a very exciting time for historic preservation HNI is also increasing efforts to monitor and grow in Nashville. As you know, this October our city will our Preservation Easement program to ensure the host the 2009 National Preservation Conference, proper management of the sixteen properties for which is the annual meeting of the National Trust for which we already have façade easements and to add Historic Preservation. It is a great honor to host such a new properties to that list. Since its creation in 1982, prestigious conference and a tremendous opportunity this has been one of our most successful programs. If to show off the historic resources of Nashville to you are interested in learning more about the façade people in our field from all over the nation. easement program, please contact Bob Tuke. Finally, we have implemented a new program of exclusive behind-the-scenes tours of local restoration and rehabilitation projects going on around the city. These will be members-only benefits. This fall, we kick off this new HNI program with tours of the American Trust Building (soon to be Hotel Indigo), Fall School (now the Church of Scientology), and the Hodge House (now an education center at Warner For many months, Historic Nashville, Inc. (HNI) has Park). We hope you enjoy this new program! been active in the conference’s Local Advisory Committee and several of our board members will I hope that you find this newsletter informative, and participate as field session managers and as that it illustrates that the HNI board of directors are ambassadors for Nashville. There are many exciting ready to get to work and fulfill our mission to educate opportunities for local people to rediscover the city’s and advocate on behalf of our city’s historic and historic treasures. Find out more about the cultural resources. We hope to engage our existing opportunities inside this issue. members, some of whom have been with us for decades, and also to recruit many new members. In addition to bringing back our newsletter, HNI is working hard to promote Nashville preservation in If you know of friends, family members, coworkers, several ways. For example, we are striving to be a or neighbors that would be interested in the city’s stronger nonprofit partner for the Metro Historical historic sites, why don’t you consider giving them a Commission to help make Nashville a better place to gift membership or sharing this newsletter with them? live, work, and play. This past May I was honored to If you’re reading this newsletter and you’re not participate as one of three judges for the MHC’s already a member, you will find a membership 34th annual Preservation Awards, and HNI hosted a application inside. Go ahead and fill it out and join very well-received reception after the awards program HNI today. We would love to have you! in the Nashville Public Library. More details about all of these events and programs In other news, the recently redesigned HNI website can be found inside this issue. Have a great summer www.historicnashvilleinc.org is up and running. It and I hope to see you around town! will feature regularly updated content with preservation-related news, event announcements, and David Price opportunities. This month we are proud to announce 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 The downtown Public Square is perhaps one of the most historic sites in Nashville. BOARD MEMBERS This fall, the city will host six free “Live on the Green” outdoor concerts. Beth Courtney FROM THE EDITOR Keith Durbin Tony Giarratana As many readers will recall HNI’s Historic Ink newsletter ceased Jason Holleman publication in the spring of 2003. From 1999-2003, it was a free, bimonthly Mike Jameson tabloid style publication created by HNI staff and funded with advertising. Robbie D. Jones Some 5,000 copies were distributed at over 30 newsstands around the city. Stephen McRedmond Scarlett C. Miles With the National Preservation Conference coming to Nashville in 2009, the Mike Murphy HNI board of directors decided it was time to re-launch Historic Ink as part Joshua Smith of the “rebirth” of the city’s nonprofit historic preservation organization. Vivian Wilhoite However, there will be some changes since it will now be created by volunteer board members. Historic Ink will be a magazine-format newsletter NEWSLETTER EDITOR published three times a year. We kept the original name, but otherwise it’s a Robbie D. Jones new publication. Members and friends will receive a print copy and anyone [email protected] will be able to download a full color copy from the website. MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Remember, this is your newsletter and as a member of HNI if you have Scarlett C. Miles suggestions for articles, events, announcements, or other activities related to [email protected] our mission and historic preservation in Nashville, please do let us know. My contact information is below. We look forward to hearing from you! PRESERVATION EASEMENTS Robbie D. Jones Bob Tuke, Committee Chair Editor, Historic Ink [email protected] 1353 Greenland Avenue Nashville, TN 37216 WEBSITE MANAGER [email protected] David Price Send correspondence and submissions for publication to the Historic Ink editor. Historic Nashville, Inc. Deadline for submission of material for the Fall 2009 issue is August 28, 2009. PO Box 190516 Contact the editor about format preference. Nashville, TN 37219 Historic Ink was published from 1977 to 2003 and re-launched in 2009. http://www.historicnashvilleinc.org All content is copyrighted © 2009 by the Historic Nashville, Inc. and is protected by federal copyright law. Email: [email protected] Printed by Allegra Print & Imaging, Nashville, Tennessee. Historic Ink: Summer 2009 3 DISCOUNTED EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS JULY 31, 2009! Historic Ink: Summer 2009 4 RENOVATED DOWNTOWN “Behind-the-Scenes” Tour of the LANDMARK SET TO REOPEN IN American Trust Building NOVEMBER 2009 HNI members only – Free! enovation work on the historic American Sunday, August 30, 2009 Trust Building at 301 Union Street and the 2:00p.m. adjoining Nashville Trust Building at R Historic Nashville, Inc. will lead a special behind-the- 315 Union Street is well underway. Completed during scenes tour of the American Trust Building, which is the economic boom period in the 1920s, the 15-story being converted into Hotel Indigo. HNI members will Neoclassical Revival style American Trust Building enjoy a tour of the interior of this long vacant is being converted into a 110-room Hotel Indigo, downtown landmark and view the renovations Nashville’s second branch of this national boutique firsthand before it is open to the public. Project hotel chain. The adjacent 14-story Nashville Trust architect Patrick Gilbert will lead the tour. Building, originally constructed by local banker James Caldwell, will become luxury apartments; it RSVP today! also houses the law firm of King & Ballow. Contact Scarlett C. Miles [email protected] Originally built as the American National Bank in 1909, the American Trust Building was initially five Not a HNI member yet? You can join on the day of stories tall, but from 1925-1927 ten stories were the tour.
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