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The War Memorial Auditorium is a 2,000-seat performance hall located in Nashville, Tennessee.Built in 1925, it served as home of the Grand Ole Opry between 1939 and 1943. It is also known as the War Memorial Building, the Tennessee War Memorial, or simply the War Memorial.
The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It occupies a city block between 5th and 6th Avenues North and Deaderick and Union Streets. The cultural center adjoins the 18-story James K. Polk State Office Building.
Edward Emmett Dougherty, a.k.a. Edwin Dougherty (March 18, 1876 – November 11, 1943) was an architect in the southeastern United States.One of his best known designs was the Tennessee War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville in 1922.
War Memorial Building or War Memorial Auditorium may refer to: ... War Memorial Auditorium (Nashville, Tennessee), also known as War Memorial Building;
The earliest known museum in Tennessee dates to 1817 when a portrait artist, Ralph E. W. Earl, opened a museum at the public square of Nashville. [1] The state museum opened in 1937 in the War Memorial Building, after being authorized by the General Assembly.
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The Opry moved to East Nashville's Dixie Tabernacle in 1936 and then to War Memorial Auditorium in 1939. After four years – and several reports of upholstery damage caused by its rowdy crowds – the Opry was asked to leave War Memorial and sought a new home yet again. Thanks to Ryman Auditorium's wooden pews and central location, Naff and ...