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Nashville History is a blog about the people, places, and events of Nashville's and Davidson County's past.
Nashville History
5M ago
Mayors of Nashville
Mayors of Nashville
Mayor
Term
Party
Notes
Coleman, Joseph
1806-1808
Jeffersonian Republican
On September 11, 1806 the Tennessee State Legislature passed an act which provided for the incorporation of Nashville. Joseph Coleman was elected the first mayor of Nashville on October 9, 1806. Mayor Coleman died at Huntsville AL on Feb. 8, 1819. His widow was Mrs. Ann Coleman.
Bradford, Benjamin J.
1809-1810
Jeffersonian Republican Benjamin Bradford was born in Ky about 1772, son of John and Polly Bradford.
Tait, William
1811-1813
Jeffersonian Republican
According to his ..read more
Nashville History
5M ago
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Mayor
Term
Party
Notes
1.
Coleman, Joseph
1806-1808
Jeffersonian Republican
On September 11, 1806 the Tennessee State Legislature passed an act which provided for the incorporation of Nashville. Joseph Coleman was elected the first mayor of Nashville on October 9, 1806. Mayor Coleman died at Huntsville AL on Feb. 8, 1819. His widow was Mrs. Ann Coleman.
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Bradford, Benjamin J.
1809-1810
Jeffersonian Republican
Benjamin Bradford was born in Ky about 1772, son of John and Polly Bradford. He was the publisher of the Ten ..read more
Nashville History
5M ago
First we will deal with the myth of Rolling Mill Hill and the Trolly Barns. Then on to some actual history about the area. The buildings on Rolling Mill Hill, now home to Pinewood Social and other businesses were built 1939-1941 to be used as city garages and shops. One of the larger buildings was used as a garage to repair and house city owned cars an truck. Others served as the city dog pound, the city sanitary department, the city building department, city sprinkling department and the city street cleaning department ..read more
Nashville History
5M ago
Richard Harmon Fulton - January 27, 1927- November 28, 2018
Much will be written about former Mayor Richard H. Fulton over the next few days. This is the story of Dick Fulton from East Nashville.
His friends called him Dickie when he was a kid growing up in East Nashville. His parents, Lyle H. Fulton Sr. and Lavina Plummer Fulton bought a home at 628 Fatherland Street when Fulton was a toddler and it was home until he was an adult. With his family, he attended church at Tulip Street Methodist Church on Russell Street. He was friendly and well liked. He was the baby of the family of ..read more
Nashville History
1y ago
Nashville History Nashville History Inglewood City Directory Listings 1950 - 1980
This is a compilation of address listings along Gallatin Pike from the city limits in 1950 at Cahal/Carolyn out to just past where Briley Parkway crosses Gallatin Pike today.
Because the directories were split into city and suburban by 1960 the listings start at Litton Avenue in that year and at McGavock Pike in the following years. Eventually I
hope to add the listings for the addresses that are missing, from other directory volumes, in 1960 and after. Often I ent ..read more
Nashville History
2y ago
Rolling Mill Hill Municipal Garages
Garages on Rolling Mill Hill ca 1941 - Metro Nashville Archives
A summary - the buildings were built beginning in 1939. They were completed after June of 1941. The last streetcar in Nashville ran in February 1941, months before the garages on Rolling Mill Hill were completed. Not Trolley Barns.
Back around 2004, an intern from the Metro Historical Commission came into Metro Nashville Archives looking for information on the "trolley barns" on Rolling Mill Hill. My co-worker Linda and I said together, there are no trolley barns on Rolling Mill H ..read more