The congregation of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville was established May 26, 1954. That year they purchased a house on Fairfax Avenue. Reverend Robert C. Palmer was the first minster and led the church until 1971. In 1958 the congregation bought property and a house at 1808 Woodmont Boulevard, which they used for church services beginning in 1961. That same year the Morgan House at 3428 Hopkins Street was built. An addition to the original church house was designed by architect and church member Bruce Draper. Draper studied with Frank Lloyd Wright and the church design is inspired by Wright’s Unitarian Meeting House, in Madison Wisconsin. The new building additions were dedicated November 7th by Reverend Palmer. In 1999 the church acquired a house at 1800 Woodmont Boulevard, now the Norris House.
First Unitarian Universalist Church
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The congregation of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville was established May 26, 1954. That year they purchased a house on Fairfax Avenue. Reverend Robert C. Palmer was the first minster and led the church until 1971. In 1958 the congregation bought property and a house at 1808 Woodmont Boulevard, which they used for church services beginning in 1961. That same year the Morgan House at 3428 Hopkins Street was built. An addition to the original church house was designed by architect and church member Bruce Draper. Draper studied with Frank Lloyd Wright and the church design is inspired by Wright’s Unitarian Meeting House, in Madison Wisconsin. The new building additions were dedicated November 7th by Reverend Palmer. In 1999 the church acquired a house at 1800 Woodmont Boulevard, now the Norris House.