Second Avenue Commercial District
Second Avenue Commercial District | |
Location | Nashville, Tennessee, US |
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Coordinates | 36°09′50″N 86°46′35″W / 36.16389°N 86.77639°W |
NRHP reference No. | 72001237 |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 1972 |
The Second Avenue Commercial District is a historic district in Nashville, Tennessee, consisting of Second Avenue North between Brandon Street and Broadway.[1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1972.[1]
History
Buildings in the district, located along Second Avenue, were constructed in the 1870s and 1880s.[2] Second Avenue was originally named Market Street, as it connected industrial and commercial areas of Nashville. Its name was changed to Second Avenue in 1903.[3]
The Second Avenue Historic Preservation Overlay District is a coextensive district created by the local government. It was established in March 1997 by the Metropolitan Historic Zoning Commission (MHZC), which is part of the
Incidents
A fire in 1985 damaged three buildings in the districts, resulting in their demolition; the other buildings remain intact.[1]
A bombing in 2020, which took place at the 160 block of Second Avenue North, damaged many buildings in the area, which is primarily a commercial district with shops, offices, restaurants, and honky-tonks.[6][7]
Architecture
Buildings in the district are noted for their
One 1987 guidebook describes the district as "[o]ne of the most outstanding collections of cast-iron and masonry storefronts in the U.S."[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Second Avenue Commercial District". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ a b The National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 1974. pp. 501.
- ISBN 978-0-87049-881-7.
- ^ a b Second Avenue HP Zoning Overlay Design Guidelines, Metropolitan Historic Zoning Commission, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (2019).
- ^ Ward, Getahn (January 19, 2016). "Condos, retail space planned at historic downtown site". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Medina, Daniella (December 26, 2020). "Nashville explosion: Map of area impacted by bomb blast and a look at nearby businesses". The Tennessean. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Hawkins, Derek; Kranish, Michael; Firozi, Paulina (December 25, 2020). "RV that exploded in Nashville broadcast a message warning of imminent blast, police say". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- OCLC 18559953.
External links
- Photographs of Second Avenue, compiled as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey