A Nashville preservation group has released its latest list of endangered buildings and landmarks with the hope of inspiring protective measures.
Curious Nashville: The state closed Clover Bottom in Donelson because of its troubling past. What’s happening there now?
Tennessee’s oldest institution for people with intellectual disabilities closed in 2015. But those driving along Stewarts Ferry Pike in Donelson still catch a glimpse of its sprawling campus.
The legacy of the Trail of Tears in Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Starting in October 1838, more than 16,000 Cherokee people who had been forced from their homes in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee began their journey to Indian Territory, in what is now known as Oklahoma.
Nashville honors Dr. Josie Wells, who helped lead Meharry before women could vote
Nashville officials are dedicating a historical marker on the campus of Meharry Medical College Friday to honor one of the first women to get her medical degree from the historically Black institution.
New historical marker honors one of Nashville’s first female doctors
The Metro Historical Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve a new marker in honor of Dr. Josie Wells. It will be placed outside Nashville General Hospital.
Nashville preservation group ranks Second Avenue, music spaces and civil rights history among 2022 priorities
The local nonprofit Historic Nashville, Inc. has chosen nine properties to work on protecting next year — with a focus on Second Avenue after it was damaged in the Christmas bombing.
Nashville’s first post-emancipation free Black neighborhood honored with ceremony and new research
The original inhabitants of Bass Street built their all-Black neighborhood in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, but the history has been largely lost and erased.
Franklin’s statue honoring Black soldiers will finally be unveiled this weekend
A long-awaited Civil War monument will be unveiled in downtown Franklin this weekend.
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