 Please join us in welcoming our newest staff member, administrative assistant Briana Davis. Originally from Shelbyville, Ms. Davis has lived in Nashville since 2001. She studied Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management at TN State University and previously worked for the State of Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Metro Action Commission before joining MHC/MHZC in August 2017. Welcome aboard Briana!
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 The Edgehill Neighborhood is considering a Neighborhood Conservation Zoning Overlay. The first community informational meeting will take place on September 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the Midtown Police Precinct. The Edgehill neighborhood and the MHZC are partnering with the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU on the architectural resource survey required for new overlays. The survey will be led by MTSU graduate student Katherine Hatfield.
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 We are excited to welcome the newest MHZC commissioner, fifth generation Nashvillian LaDonna Boyd. Ms. Boyd is the C.O.O. at R.H. Boyd Publishing, a Christian publishing company started by her great-great-grandfather Dr. Richard Henry Boyd in 1896. Ms. Boyd is a proud member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Ambassador, and a member of the TSU College of Business' Economics and Finance Advisory Board, among other philanthropic efforts. Welcome LaDonna!
The MHZC also wishes to thank Sam Champion for his five years of dedicated service on the Commission, and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.
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Don't forget to register
for the Tennessee Preservation Trust's 2017 Historic Preservation
Conference, September 20-22 in historic Franklin, TN. See you there!
 The USS
LST 325, the last fully operational World War II Landing Ship Tank, is
docked in Nashville at the East Bank Greenway through Labor Day. Tours
are available every day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The
decommissioned tank landing ship was launched October 27, 1942 and
mainly operated around North Africa before joining the armada that
landed on Omaha Beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6,
1944.
LST 325 is home ported in Evansville, IN and serves as an LST memorial museum. The ship was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
 Celebrate Good Neighbor Day at the Fifth Annual Nashville Neighborhoods Celebration. This year's festivities will be hosted at Elizabeth Park in North Nashville. Learn more about the history of North Nashville, enjoy food at the World Food Pavilion, and talk with the non-profits and government agencies (like MHZC) that can help you preserve and improve your neighborhood. See you there, neighbor!
In Case You Missed It
Belair Mansion is now protected by a Historic Landmark Overlay. The ordinance was sponsored by Council Member Jeff Syracuse and was signed by Mayor Barry on July 24, 2017. Belair Mansion was listed on HNI's Nashville Nine in 2014, as one of the city's nine most endangered historic places. The new owners, Lewis B. James and Dr. Connie M. James, plan to use the historic space as a bed and breakfast and event center. Many thanks to CM Syracuse, the Jameses, HNI, and the countless concerned community members for working with MHZC to make this possible.
One of Nashville’s few remaining Greek Revival
antebellum homes, Belair was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1971. Belair was constructed from 1832-1838 for Elizabeth V.
Harding, daughter of John Harding of Belle Meade, and was originally called
“Belle Aire.” Elizabeth Harding died in 1836 and William Nichol and his wife
Julia Margaret Lytle purchased the house in 1838. They added the large, winding
staircase and wings to enlarge the house for their large family. After the
Civil War, they connected the main house to the rear kitchen section. Nichol
was a merchant and steamboat owner, and served as mayor of Nashville from
1835-1837.
 "The Strong Man: A Cartoon for Labour Day," Walter Crane, 1907 (New York Public Library Digital Collections) Text: "Yes, there can be no doubt about your stregth if you can support all those; but don't you think it's time to take a holiday?"
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