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Image 1 of 1: During the early twentieth century, Nashville was known as the "Wall Street of the South" because of its high number of financial institutions. The Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta was one such institution, opening on December 21, 1922. A Classical Revival building designed by Nashville architectural firm Marr & Holman with Atlanta architect Ten Eyck Brown (1878-1940), the façade features limestone blocks and a large pedimented portico with Ionic columns. The Nashville branch of the bank operated at the Third Avenue location until 1958 when it moved to Eighth Avenue, now Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
During the early twentieth century, Nashville was known as the "Wall Street of the South" because of its high number of financial institutions. The Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta was one such institution, opening on December 21, 1922. A Classical Revival building designed by Nashville architectural firm Marr & Holman with Atlanta architect Ten Eyck Brown (1878-1940), the façade features limestone blocks and a large pedimented portico with Ionic columns. The Nashville branch of the bank operated at the Third Avenue location until 1958 when it moved to Eighth Avenue, now Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

During the early twentieth century, Nashville was known as the "Wall Street of the South" because of its high number of financial institutions. The Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta was one such institution, opening on December 21, 1922. A Classical Revival building designed by Nashville architectural firm Marr & Holman with Atlanta architect Ten Eyck Brown (1878-1940), the façade features limestone blocks and a large pedimented portico with Ionic columns. The Nashville branch of the bank operated at the Third Avenue location until 1958 when it moved to Eighth Avenue, now Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

36.16526, -86.77812

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During the early twentieth century, Nashville was known as the "Wall Street of the South" because of its high number of financial institutions. The Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta was one such institution, opening on December 21, 1922. A Classical Revival building designed by Nashville architectural firm Marr & Holman with Atlanta architect Ten Eyck Brown (1878-1940), the façade features limestone blocks and a large pedimented portico with Ionic columns. The Nashville branch of the bank operated at the Third Avenue location until 1958 when it moved to Eighth Avenue, now Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Title Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Jessica Reeves, Staff; 2018
Date 1922
Address 226 Third Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37201
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Marr & Holman, architecture firm; A. Ten Eyck Brown, architect
Contributor United States Federal Reserve System
Subject Architecture; Businesses; Downtown; Government and Politics; Industry; New South; National Register of Historic Places
Keywords Adaptive Reuse, Bank, Buildings, Classical Revival, Commerce, Federal Government, Financial, Wall Street of the South, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0