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Davidson County Courthouse, also known as Metropolitan Courthouse, is an Art Deco building built during 1936–37 in Nashville, Tennessee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] It is an eight-story steel-frame building sheathed with light beige Indiana limestone and gray-green granite as trim at entrances.
The William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower (also known as the Tennessee Tower) is a skyscraper in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, that houses Tennessee government offices. The tower was built for the National Life and Accident Insurance Company and served as its National Life Center until the State of Tennessee acquired it on January 3, 1994. More ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Capital city of Tennessee, United States "Nashville" and "Music City" redirect here. For other uses, see Nashville (disambiguation) and Music City (disambiguation). State capital and consolidated city-county in Tennessee, United States Nashville State capital and consolidated city ...
The Nashville metropolitan area (officially the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area) is a metropolitan statistical area in north-central Tennessee. Its principal city is Nashville, the capital of and largest city in Tennessee. With a population of over 2 million, it is the most populous metropolitan ...
Customs House (Nashville, Tennessee) Fire Hall No. 1 (Nashville, Tennessee) Fisk University Carnegie Library; Fort Negley; Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building; Frost Building (Nashville, Tennessee)
On October 7, 1843, the Tennessee General Assembly declared Nashville as the state's permanent capital, and planning for a statehouse began shortly thereafter. The prominent hill on which the capitol would be constructed became known initially as Cedar Knob, and later Campbell's Hill after Judge G. W. Campbell, who owned it at the time. [ 4 ]
Green Hills is located south of downtown Nashville on Hillsboro Pike (U.S. Highway 431/Tennessee State Route 106). Green Hills is within a region extending south to Forest Hills and Williamson County and east-west to Oak Hill and Belle Meade. The neighborhood is in close proximity to three area universities – Vanderbilt, Belmont, and Lipscomb.
The city hall is located within city limits, at the intersection of Hillsboro Pike and Old Hickory Blvd. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.3 square miles (24 km 2), all land. Like its neighbor, Belle Meade, it has distinct signage covenants concerning land size and use.