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We haven't received the "official" letter just yet, but the word about town is that as of June 24, 2016, the Fire Hall for Engine Company No. 18 at 1220 Gallatin Avenue is the newest Davidson County addition to the National Register of Historic Places!
The Metropolitan Council designated the former fire hall building as a Historic Landmark District in May 2006. After years of vacancy, Historic Nashville, Inc., included the historic fire hall on the 2011 Nashville Nine list of the city's most endangered historic places due to concerns about neglect and vandalism. Those concerns became reality when the building was damaged by a fire in December 2011. The building remained vacant until Karen and Gary Goodlow purchased the property in the summer of 2015. The Goodlows are nearing completion of a rehabilitation project that is converting the former fire hall into a multi-purpose commercial and retail space.
Nashville architect C.K. Colley designed the fire hall for Engine Company No. 18. Completed in 1930, the fire hall is
significant under Criterion C as a notable example of the Nashville Fire
Department’s period of Residential Fire Hall design, 1910-1945. It reflects the early 20th century
trend of utilizing popular residential architectural styles (in this case, Tudor Revival) and a smaller,
residential scale for suburban fire halls, a distinctly non-residential
property type. The Fire Hall for Engine Company No. 18 is
significant under Criterion A as it reflects Nashville’s suburban growth and
community development and the city’s efforts to provide municipal services to those
growing areas, specifically the areas of northeast Davidson County that the City of Nashville annexed in
the 1920s. MHC staff member Scarlett C. Miles completed the nomination.
It's been a "packed house" at Sunnyside this summer as we've hosted five interns at the Historical Commission. Rising high school seniors Joe Henry and Serena Smithfield worked with us for the month of June through the Metro Summer Youth Internship Program offered by the Nashville Career Advancement Center. Thanks to Serena and Joe, our office library is now in stellar shape. They inventoried and catalogued all of our office books, reports, binders, pamphlets--you name it. They also helped organize and digitize our National Register files. Joe and Serena also enjoyed trips to the City Cemetery, Two Rivers Mansion, and the Croft House.
Joe attends Hillsboro High School and is considering a career in computer science. He also works at SLOCO (if you're wondering, he recommends the "redneck reuben" sandwich). Serena attends Hume-Fogg and is considering a career in technical theater. She's spending the rest of the summer working at Camp Woodmont in Georgia.
 NCAC Interns Joe Henry and Serena Smithfield.
Ryan Jarles is one of our undergraduate interns who is working primarily with the Historic Zoning staff. He attends Savannah College of Art and Design. Ryan graduated from Beech High School in Hendersonville in 2013. Some of Ryan's projects include updating the Waverly-Belmont survey, scanning survey slides and photos, and researching historic motels along Dickerson Pike. Outside of his internship with the Historical Commission, Ryan works in commercial sales for Pep Boys and volunteers at The Hermitage. He hopes to live abroad after graduation.
Intern Ryan Jarles
Next month, we'll introduce Jenna and Ava!
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Metro Parks and Recreation is kicking off its
comprehensive yearlong master planning process – “Plan To Play” –
with a series of community meetings and survey opportunities. They want to
hear from you!
If you missed the public meeting in your community, you still have the
opportunity to share your thoughts through online surveys, social media and
future public meetings. Stay up-to-date by following Plan to Play Nashville on Facebook.
With an increasing population,
shifts in recreation choices and the way people use the parks, the master plan
that was created 14 years ago needs to be updated. Public engagement is crucial
to this process.
Over 35 historic sites, structures, and monuments, including Fort Negley, the Hodge House, Stone Hall, and Sunnyside (our office home!), are located in Metro Nashville's 185 public parks. We encourage you to participate in the master plan process and we kindly ask you to speak up for these historic places!
The master plan is being
developed by the Parks Department Planning Division and a design team led by
Hawkins Partners, Inc., a landscape architecture, urban design and master
planning firm located in Nashville, in collaboration with the Trust for Public
Land and PROS Consulting.
Park
officials expect the master plan to be finalized by early 2017. Click here to
learn more.
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As reported in the June 2016 History Gram, on May 16, 2016, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) and
the Music Industry Coalition (MIC) released A New Vision for Music Row: Recommendations and
Strategies to Create a Music Row Cultural Industry District, a
report which recommends Metro Government designate Music Row as the city
and state's first Cultural Industry District.
Following up to this report, Planning staff met with Music Row community and stakeholders at a public meeting on June 27 to present draft recommendations for the Music Row Detailed Design Plan. The presentation, which is available online, includes recommendations for building height, building setbacks from the street and alleys, as well as stepbacks from the building façade. The presentation also includes recommendations for implementing the Special Policies described in the Detailed Plan. Carolyn Brackett from the National Trust for Historic Preservation also presented a summary of "A New Vision for Music Row" at the meeting. A public hearing is scheduled during the regular Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, August 11th. In the meantime, we encourage you to visit the Music Row pages and complete two surveys regarding Special Policy Areas (five Special Policy Areas with guidance on height, front and rear setbacks for the building on the site, building facade, and stepbacks) and the proposed Music Row Code/Design Review Committee implementation tool.
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Fun Flashback>>>
July 2010: We had fun watching a pair of red-tailed hawks make themselves right at home in Sevier Park. Here are a few of our favorite photos.
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