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Metro Historical Commission

Oversight of Nashville’s historic buildings shifts as officials mull local and state measures

Cynthia Abrams

March 19, 2025

Restaurants and bars along Lower Broadway

Nashville’s Metro Council advanced a bill that would move Metro’s Historic Zoning Commission under the city’s Planning Department.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Emily Benedict, Metro Historical Commission, Nashville Metro Council, preservation

After years of documenting Nashville architecture through art, Phil Ponder donates trove of photograph for future researchers

Nina Cardona

June 7, 2023

Phil Ponder Sunnyside Mansion illustration

Artist and former councilman Phil Ponder has made more than 700 precise drawings of distinct architecture and the downtown skyline.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: history, Metro Historical Commission, Phil Ponder

City historians are on a mission to track down every cemetery in Davidson County

Emily Siner

January 31, 2022

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The Metro Historical Commission is trying to track down every historic cemetery in Davidson County, with the goal of protecting past generations from the rapid development of our current one.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Historical Commission

New historical marker honors one of Nashville’s first female doctors

Paige Pfleger

December 14, 2021

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.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: historical markers, history, Metro Historical Commission

Nashville’s Civil Rights history to be gathered in one place through federally funded project

Tony Gonzalez

October 19, 2021

John Lewis Nashville police

Metro’s Historical Commission is receiving a $50,000 federal grant from the African American Civil Rights program, which is overseen by the National Park Service.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights movement, history, Metro Historical Commission

Despite Some Pushback, Cane Ridge Marker Will Publicize More Of Nashville’s History Of Lynchings

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 20, 2021

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A 15-year-old Black boy was lynched by a white mob on Dec. 15, 1924. Despite a grand jury investigation, public outcry and a reward, no one was ever charged. Now, a new marker at the site of Davidson County’s last known lynching aims to share Samuel Smith’s story.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, General Hospital, Germantown, historical markers, lynching, Metro Historical Commission, North Nashville, Rutherford County, Saint Thomas

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