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Image 1 of 1: Downtown's Broadway National Register District runs along Broadway from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue and is comprised of almost exclusively commercial structures. The first furniture stores opened here around 1870. Consequently, this area has been the commercial hub of the city since the mid-nineteenth century. Country music came to Broadway in 1941 when the radio program the Grand Ole Opry moved to the Ryman Auditorium from another downtown location. Music-associated businesses soon followed, such as Tootsie's World Famous Orchid Lounge and Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. As of 2019, the district is home to restaurants, gift shops, bars, and honky-tonks, all celebrating the diverse musical heritage of the city. The Broadway National Register District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Downtown's Broadway National Register District runs along Broadway from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue and is comprised of almost exclusively commercial structures. The first furniture stores opened here around 1870. Consequently, this area has been the commercial hub of the city since the mid-nineteenth century. Country music came to Broadway in 1941 when the radio program the Grand Ole Opry moved to the Ryman Auditorium from another downtown location. Music-associated businesses soon followed, such as Tootsie's World Famous Orchid Lounge and Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. As of 2019, the district is home to restaurants, gift shops, bars, and honky-tonks, all celebrating the diverse musical heritage of the city. The Broadway National Register District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Downtown's Broadway National Register District runs along Broadway from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue and is comprised of almost exclusively commercial structures. The first furniture stores opened here around 1870. Consequently, this area has been the commercial hub of the city since the mid-nineteenth century. Country music came to Broadway in 1941 when the radio program the Grand Ole Opry moved to the Ryman Auditorium from another downtown location. Music-associated businesses soon followed, such as Tootsie's World Famous Orchid Lounge and Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. As of 2019, the district is home to restaurants, gift shops, bars, and honky-tonks, all celebrating the diverse musical heritage of the city. The Broadway National Register District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Broadway National Register District

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Description

Downtown's Broadway National Register District runs along Broadway from Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue and is comprised of almost exclusively commercial structures. The first furniture stores opened here around 1870. Consequently, this area has been the commercial hub of the city since the mid-nineteenth century. Country music came to Broadway in 1941 when the radio program the Grand Ole Opry moved to the Ryman Auditorium from another downtown location. Music-associated businesses soon followed, such as Tootsie's World Famous Orchid Lounge and Ernest Tubb's Record Shop. As of 2019, the district is home to restaurants, gift shops, bars, and honky-tonks, all celebrating the diverse musical heritage of the city. The Broadway National Register District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Title Broadway National Register District
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Tim Walker, NHF Executive Director; 2018
Date c.1860; 1900; 1950s
Address 417 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
Type District
Coverage Area 1
Source Various
Contributor Broadway National Bank; H. Brown Furniture Company; Harley-Holt Company; Mayfair Furniture Company; Merchants Hotel; Sho-Bud Guitar Company; Ernest Tubb
Subject Antebellum; Architecture; Downtown; Entertainment; Food; Music; New Nashville; New South; National Register of Historic Places
Keywords Adaptive Reuse, Bars, Buildings, Casual Dining, Honky Tonks, Live Music, Neoclassical Commercial, Restaurants, Event Venues, Broadway National Register District
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0